在多语言社会中,儿童基于语言的教学偏好
Sharanya Bashyam1, Marc Colomer2, Radhika Santhanagopalan2
1Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine.
Journal of experimental psychology. General
|November 16, 2023
概括
多语种印度的孩子更喜欢从英语说话者那里学习,而不是泰鲁古语说话者,特别是基于表现的目标和STEM内容. 这种语言偏好是灵活的,受年龄和母语的影响.
科学领域:
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 社会语言学 社会语言学
- 双语研究 双语研究
背景情况:
- 大多数语言偏好研究都侧重于单语言西方语境,忽视多语言人口.
- 像印度海德拉巴德这样的多语言地区,为研究儿童的基于语言的偏见提供了独特的环境.
- 泰卢古语和英语是海德拉巴德的主要语言,英语经常被用作教学媒介.
研究的目的:
- 在多语言的印度环境中调查4至8岁儿童的基于语言的偏好.
- 检查学习目标和内容如何影响孩子的语言偏好.
- 评估儿童语言偏差在应对社会和上下文提示时的灵活性.
主要方法:
- 给孩子们展示了一些新奇的物体,并要求他们选择说泰鲁古语,英语的英语或印度语的英语.
- 学习目标 (表现与享受) 和内容 (STEM与文化对象) 被操纵.
- 分析了语言偏好与儿童的年龄和母语相关.
主要成果:
- 孩子们更喜欢说英语的人,而不是说泰鲁古语的人,随着年龄的增长而增加.
- 这种英语语言偏差在绩效目标和STEM内容方面更为强烈.
- 他们的母语是泰国语的孩子表现出不那么明显的英语偏见.
结论:
- 儿童的语言偏好是由说话者的熟悉程度和被认为是说话者的地位决定的.
- 在教学环境中语言偏见是灵活的,整合了社会和上下文因素.
- 研究结果提供了关于在多种多语言环境中基于语言的学习偏好发展的见解.
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