Building bridges to primary education in Mauritius? emergent literacy experiences in a foreign language context : a case study of preschool children

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dc.contributor.advisorYoung, Douglasen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorAbel, Lydiaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorOwodally, Ambarin Mooznah Auleearen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-06T12:12:47Z
dc.date.available2014-10-06T12:12:47Z
dc.date.issued2008en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 354-445).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn the context where English, as a foreign language, is the main language of literacy and the written medium of instruction throughout the Mauritian education system, this thesis explores (1) preschoolers' early literacy experiences, (2) the outcomes of these experiences, and (3) the extent to which these experiences prepare them to use English in Standard 1. The theoretical and empirical research on emergent literacy, second/foreign language learning and teaching, second/foreign language literacy instruction and new literacies was reviewed in order to find some "anchor points" (Hamilton, 2006) in the literature. These "anchor points" guided this exploratory study on emergent/early literacy experiences in a multilingual context. After a pilot study, I embarked on a yearlong case study ofa group of preschool children and their teachers using an ethnographic approach.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationOwodally, A. M. A. (2008). <i>Building bridges to primary education in Mauritius? emergent literacy experiences in a foreign language context : a case study of preschool children</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8222en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationOwodally, Ambarin Mooznah Auleear. <i>"Building bridges to primary education in Mauritius? emergent literacy experiences in a foreign language context : a case study of preschool children."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8222en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOwodally, A. 2008. Building bridges to primary education in Mauritius? emergent literacy experiences in a foreign language context : a case study of preschool children. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Owodally, Ambarin Mooznah Auleear AB - In the context where English, as a foreign language, is the main language of literacy and the written medium of instruction throughout the Mauritian education system, this thesis explores (1) preschoolers' early literacy experiences, (2) the outcomes of these experiences, and (3) the extent to which these experiences prepare them to use English in Standard 1. The theoretical and empirical research on emergent literacy, second/foreign language learning and teaching, second/foreign language literacy instruction and new literacies was reviewed in order to find some "anchor points" (Hamilton, 2006) in the literature. These "anchor points" guided this exploratory study on emergent/early literacy experiences in a multilingual context. After a pilot study, I embarked on a yearlong case study ofa group of preschool children and their teachers using an ethnographic approach. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - Building bridges to primary education in Mauritius? emergent literacy experiences in a foreign language context : a case study of preschool children TI - Building bridges to primary education in Mauritius? emergent literacy experiences in a foreign language context : a case study of preschool children UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8222 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/8222
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationOwodally AMA. Building bridges to primary education in Mauritius? emergent literacy experiences in a foreign language context : a case study of preschool children. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,School of Education, 2008 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8222en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Educationen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEducationen_ZA
dc.titleBuilding bridges to primary education in Mauritius? emergent literacy experiences in a foreign language context : a case study of preschool childrenen_ZA
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoral
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_ZA
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