Maternal Reports of Home Literacy Experiences in Multilingual Mauritius: A Case Study of Pre-Schoolers

Autor/in	Auleear Owodally, Ambarin Mooznah
Titel	Maternal Reports of Home Literacy Experiences in Multilingual Mauritius: A Case Study of Pre-Schoolers
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 184 (2014) 11, S.1615-1635 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2013.871274
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Mother Attitudes; Multilingualism; Interviews; Literacy; Native Language; Family Environment; Language Usage; Educational Background; Language of Instruction; Cultural Influences; Preschool Children; Reading Materials; Preferences; Case Studies; Family Literacy; French; Creoles; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Mauritius + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Mutterliebe; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Familienmilieu; Sprachgebrauch; Vorbildung; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Französisch; Kreole; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb
Abstract	While the extant literature has highlighted the important contribution of home literacy experiences to early literacy development, limited research has been carried out among children living in postcolonial contexts, where there is a mismatch between the home and school language. Such is the case of Mauritius. The present exploratory case study investigates the home literacy experiences of two groups of Mauritian pre-schoolers. Interviews with the children's mothers indicate that these children are immersed in home environments which value informational and educational reading materials, rather than pleasure reading materials. This preference for a skills orientation, rather than an entertainment approach, to early home literacy experiences is explained by the specificities of the local culture. The social and educational background of interviewed mothers, the gap between language of the home and language of literacy, and local reading and cultural practices all contribute to the didactic nature of the early home literacy experiences. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10