Parental Involvement in a Program for Preschoolers Learning a Foreign Language

Autor/inn/en	Korosidou, Eleni; Griva, Eleni; Pavlenko, Olena
Titel	Parental Involvement in a Program for Preschoolers Learning a Foreign Language
Quelle	In: International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 7 (2021) 1, S.112-124 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Korosidou, Eleni) ORCID (Griva, Eleni) ORCID (Pavlenko, Olena)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2148-9955
Schlagwörter	Parent Participation; Parent Child Relationship; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Kindergarten; Preschool Children; Foreign Countries; Program Descriptions; Inclusion; Literacy; Parent School Relationship; Researchers; Family Environment; Instructional Materials; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Oral Language; Educational Technology; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternmitwirkung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Ausland; Inklusion; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Researcher; Forscher; Familienmilieu; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Griechenland
Abstract	The role of parental involvement in the sense of home-based or school-based programs for supporting children's early literacy development and education in the Greek state school context has not been well established. The "PIECE" (Parental Involvement for the Engagement, Cooperation and Empowerment) program is a novel inclusion program implemented for a school year in a kindergarten in Northern Greece, which aims at enhancing parental involvement in a preschool foreign language learning setting. It targeted parents by including both school and home components with the ultimate purpose to support their role in improving preschoolers' early foreign language (FL) literacy. This type of involvement was operationalized as partnership among the researchers, the school and the parents. More specifically, they were involved in school activities and meetings, while they also spent quality time with their children at home doing activities and utilizing digital educational materials to support preschoolers' learning. The results obtained from questionnaires distributed to parents, the teacher/researcher's journal and the focus group discussions indicated the importance of "parental" involvement for effective FL learning in the early years. Concluding, the findings suggest that parental involvement in early language learning projects contributes to the enhancement of young children's oracy and literacy skills. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Research in Education and Science. Necmettin Erbakan University, Ahmet Kelesoglu Education Faculty, Meram, Konya 42090 Turkey. e-mail: ijresoffice@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.ijres.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01