Presentatie PROO-onderzoek op AERA-congres
26 maart 2008
PROO-symposium Emergent academic language and literacy development of preschoolers and at-risk adolescents in a multicultural environment
2008 AERA Annual Meeting - New York
Wednesday March 26 – 8:15am – 10:15am
Hilton New York, Green Room, 4th floor
Session Title
Emergent academic language and literacy development of preschoolers and at-risk adolescents in a multicultural environment
Abstract
In this symposium two key issues will be presented, emergent academic language in the preschool period and literacy development of young adolescents. The first study specifically addresses the effects of bilingualism from age three to six. The question is whether emergent academic language in the first language contributes to the acquisition of academic language in the second language. The second paper focuses on academic language input to monolingual and bilingual children in their home and school environment. The last two papers put the emphasis on factors that promote or impede literacy development of adolescents, especially at-risk adolescents in multilingual contexts, aged 13-15. Finally insight will be given into the instruments that have been developed in order to monitor students’ literacy related behavior in classrooms and related teacher activities.
Sponsoring Member
International Relations Committee
Descriptors
- language development
- literacy
- multiculturalism
Participants
Chair: Theo Wubbels (email t.wubbels@uu.nl), Utrecht University
- Emergent academic language in native Dutch, Turkish-Dutch and Moroccan-Dutch preschoolers
Presenter: Paul P.M. Leseman (email p.p.m.leseman@uu.nl), Utrecht University - Academic language in the input to Dutch and Turkish-Dutch children at home and in school
Presenter: Rian Aarts (email a.m.l.aarts@uvt.nl), Tilburg University - Literacy development of at-risk adolescents in multilingual contexts: A tale of three cities
Presenter: Amos van Gelderen (email a.j.s.vangelderen@uva.nl), University of Amsterdam - Instruments for measuring literacy development of at-risk adolescents
Presenter: Ron Oostdam (email r.j.oostdam@uva.nl), University of Amsterdam - Discussant: tba