Estimating the Feasibility of a Multisensory Bilingual Project in Primary Education

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• 作者：Eleni Griva^a ; ^{egriva@uowm.gr" class="auth_mail} ; Dora Chostelidou^b
• 关键词：Bilingualism ; multisensory project ; primary education ; intercultural stories
• 刊名：Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 出版年：21 February, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：116
• 期：Complete
• 页码：1333-1337
• 全文大小：173 K

文摘

This paper examines the effectiveness and feasibility of a multisensory project which was introduced with the aim to foster bilingual development of immigrant children attending Greek primary education. A combination of the following measures were used: a) pre- and post- language tests in L1 and L2 administered to the children; b) pre- and post-measurements of creativity; f) journals kept by the teachers once a week; g) structured interviews conducted with the children at the end of the project; h) semi- structured interviews with the children's parents. The project fostered multisensory learning, and catered for the children's different learning styles, providing a beneficial environment and improved opportunities for dual language development.