Search for dissertations about: "emergent literacy"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words emergent literacy.

2. 1. The Making of a Reading Society : Developing a Culture of Reading in Rwanda

   Author : Pierre Canisius Ruterana; Ingrid Andersson; Monica Sandlund; Karin Aronsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : Reading culture; oral tradition; emergent literacy; Rwanda; students’ literacy experiences; responsibility for early literacy; children’s literature;

   Abstract : Following a growing concern among education stakeholders about the lack of a reading culture and low literacy levels among Rwandans in general and university students in particular, the aim of this thesis is to increase the awareness of Rwandans about the development of a reading culture and early literacy. To achieve this aim, four studies with participants representing different experiences related to reading culture were performed. READ MORE

4. 2. Förskolan - en arena för social språkmiljö och språkliga processer

   Author : Martina Norling; Anette Sandberg; Stig Broström; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Preschool; social constructivism; bioecological theory; preschool staff; emergent literacy; social language environment; language learning processes; Didactics; didaktik;

   Abstract : Title: Preschool – a social language environment and an arena for emergent literacy processes.Author: Martina NorlingBy focusing on preschool, as an arena for emergent literacy and language learning processes, this thesis put the lens on preschool staff´s approaches and strategies in the social language environment in Swedish preschools. READ MORE

5. 3. Being and Becoming a Teacher in Initial Literacy and Second Language Education for Adults

   Author : Helena Colliander; Per Andersson; Song Ee Ahn; Annelie Frelin; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; teacher identity; initial literacy education; second language teaching; adult education; situated learning; cultural capital; läraridentitet; grundläggande litteracitetsutbildning; andraspråksundervisning; vuxenutbildning; situerat lärande; kulturellt kapital;

   Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to explore what being and becoming a teacher of Literacy Education and Second Language Learning for Adults (LESLLA) mean. The study, which applies situated learning theory combined with some Bourdieuan concepts as thinking tools, seeks to depict how the professional identity of LESLLA teachers can be understood from their memberships in different communities of practice. READ MORE

6. 4. Nurturing a heritage language : Language-centered practices in mother-child interactions in multilingual families

   Author : Olga Abreu Fernandes; Ann-Carita Evaldsson; Helen Melander Bowden; Mathew Burdelski; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; language-centered practices; language learning environments; multilingual children; family interaction; family language policy; heritage language maintenance; language socialization; bilingual literacy; multimodal interactional analysis; Russian; Pedagogik; Education; Linguistics; Lingvistik;

   Abstract : Situated within research on language socialization and family language policy, this thesis explores how young children (2–4 years old) learn their heritage language in multilingual, transnational families, and how multilingualism becomes an integral part of family life. It draws on video-ethnographic fieldwork in three bi/multilingual families in Sweden with preschool-aged children where the mothers speak Russian and the parents aspire to raise children multilingually. READ MORE

7. 5. Staging Shakespeare's Comedies with EFL University Students

   Author : Kiki Lindell; Engelska; []
   Keywords : Love s Labour s Lost; teaching Shakespeare through performance; Shakespeare in performance; drama in practice; Twelfth Night; Much Ado About Nothing; As You Like It; A Midsummer Night s Dream; The Taming of the Shrew;

   Abstract : This thesis takes as its point of departure an elective course in English: 'Drama in Practice - Shakespeare on Stage'. The course combines theory and practice in that it contains (on the one hand) lectures and written work about one of Shakespeare’s comedies, and (on the other hand) an on-stage part with rehearsals of the same play, culminating in a performance, in costume, before an audience. READ MORE