In the order of words. (18th December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Jidai, Yumi; Kultti, Anne; Pramling, Niklas
• Is Part Of: Research on children and social interaction. Volume 1:Number 2(2017)
• Page Start: 199
• Page End: 221
• Publication Date: 2017-12-18
• Subjects: Social interaction in children -- Periodicals; Social interaction in adolescence -- Periodicals; 303.32
• DOI: 10.1558/rcsi.31348
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2057-5807

Abstract

Abstract : This study investigates, from a sociocultural perspective on communication and learning, translating as a joint activity and how it supports the development of metalinguistic awareness in children. Data in the form of audio recordings were generated in an English immersion preschool in Finland. In the analysed activity, the participants are engaged in a discussion around word order when translating the lyrics to a children's song. The study shows how the teacher scaffolds the children's language learning through providing contrast and using qualifying markers important to promoting the development of metalinguistic awareness. More generally, the study shows how a translation activity can function as a language-learning practice in bilingual early childhood education.