A study on the contributions of second language education to language development in pre-school period

Autor: Güzin Özyilmaz Akamca, Perihan Tuğba Şeker, Gunseli Girgin
Přispěvatelé: Uşak Üniversitesi, Eğitim Fakültesi, Temel Eğitim Bölümü
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Popis: Cyprus International Conference on Educational Research (CY-ICER) -- FEB 08-11, 2012 -- Middle E Tech Univ No Cyprus Campus, CYPRUS WOS: 000342764800041 In this study, Turkish language processing skills of the 6 ages children attending preschool education in Turkish and a in secondary language were investigated. The study was conducted between 6 years old 100 children attending SHCEK and Ministry of National Education private pre-schools located in Izmir province and kinder gardens and the parents of all children were also given a questionnaire to obtain personal information concerning the family. In the study, Language Processing Test was used to gather the data. Language Processing Test has seven sub-tests. hi analysing the data, One-Way Anova, t test techniques were used and 0.05 value was taken as significant. The findings show the difference between children attending preschool education only in Turkish and in a second language. There is no significant difference in Language Processing Skills of the 6 year old preschool children attending education in Turkish and in a second language in terms of their father education status, mother's job status and number of sister/brother. There is a significant difference in favour of 6 year old children attending education in second language in "Naming", "Defining the function", "Similarity", "Difference" and "Features" subtests and overall. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Cyprus Educ Sci Assoc, Acad World Educ & Res Ctr, Near E Univ, Eastern Mediterranean Univ, Ataturk Teacher Training Acad, Int Cyprus Univ, Girne Amer Univ, Cyprus Educ Sci Assoc
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