Readiness for School of Children Having Attended Language Immersion Kindergarten in Their Teachers' and Parents' Opinions

Autor/inn/en	Kukk, Airi; Õun, Tiia; Ugaste, Aino
Titel	Readiness for School of Children Having Attended Language Immersion Kindergarten in Their Teachers' and Parents' Opinions
Quelle	In: International Journal of Early Years Education, 22 (2014) 2, S.156-168 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0966-9760
DOI	10.1080/09669760.2014.900475
Schlagwörter	School Readiness; Kindergarten; Immersion Programs; Foreign Countries; Second Language Learning; Questionnaires; Qualitative Research; Transitional Programs; Teacher Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Longitudinal Studies; Language Skills; Mathematics Skills; Sciences; Psychomotor Skills; Music; Regression (Statistics); Age Differences; Gender Differences; Social Development; Emotional Development; Finno Ugric Languages; Estonia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Immersionsprogramm; Ausland; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fragebogen; Qualitative Forschung; Lehrerverhalten; Elternverhalten; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Science; Wissenschaft; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Musik; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Soziale Entwicklung; Gefühlsbildung; Estland
Abstract	In multicultural societies, much attention is given to children's language learning possibilities. In Estonia, the early language immersion programme for kindergarten children was started in the year 2000. The programme, while considered to be successful, has raised the question of whether the children participating in it are adequately prepared for school. The objective of the present study is to observe the readiness for school of those children who have participated in the early language immersion programme, taking into consideration the objectives of the curriculum and their teachers' and parents' assessments. The method of this study was a questionnaire employed over a three-year period (2009-2011) involving the teachers and parents of those children who were beginning their primary school education. The results of the study revealed that, according to the assessments of their teachers and parents, the readiness for school of the children having completed the early language immersion programme was very good. Data prove that language immersion programmes provide children with enough preparation to make a smooth transition from kindergarten to school life. (As Provided).
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