Enhancing children’s early language and emergent literacy in a Greek pre-kindergarten heritage language classroom through a translingual and transcultural stance

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https://doi.org/10.55393/babylonia.v1i.246

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early heritage language education, early language, emergent literacy, Greek

Abstract

This paper examines children’s early language and emergent literacy in a Greek pre-kindergarten heritage language classroom. It proposes a translingual and transcultural stance to language and language learning and illustrates how children articulate understandings of their texts with personal resonances.

Cet article examine le langage précoce et la littéracie émergente des enfants dans un groupe de crèche de langue grecque comme langue d’origine. Il propose une approche translinguistique et transculturelle de la langue et de l'apprentissage des langues et illustre comment les enfants articulent la compréhension de leurs textes avec des résonances personnelles.

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Published

2023-04-23

How to Cite

Lytra, V., Darzenta, K., Atzemian, M., & Eleftheriou Kapartis, M. (2023). Enhancing children’s early language and emergent literacy in a Greek pre-kindergarten heritage language classroom through a translingual and transcultural stance . Babylonia Multilingual Journal of Language Education, 1, 58–63. https://doi.org/10.55393/babylonia.v1i.246