home language – News, Research and Analysis – The Conversation

Articles on home language

Displaying all articles

Educational technology, while no silver bullet, can be a tool for learning. Wirestock

November 2, 2023

South Africa’s literacy crisis: our app could help young readers by using home language and English

Laurette Marais, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and Laurette Pretorius, Stellenbosch University

The language and speech technology has been developed to provide linguistic accuracy and is grounded in teaching principles.

June 12, 2023

A silver lining from the pandemic: how lockdowns helped kids learn the languages their parents speak

Liquan Liu, Western Sydney University

Amid all the stresses of lockdowns, our research found there was some good news: children had the chance to better develop their home language.

Moments of intimate playing, learning and teaching are among the ways that immigrant parents extend and expand their home languages with their children. (Rajesh Rajput/Unsplash)

September 20, 2021

5 ways immigrant parents support children’s home language learning

Emma Chen, University of Saskatchewan

When schools honour and learn from immigrant parents’ knowledge, they support more opportunities to enhance young children’s linguistic, cultural and social experiences.

Top contributors

Liquan Liu
Senior lecturer, Western Sydney University
Emma Chen
Doctoral Student, Curriculum Studies, University of Saskatchewan
Laurette Pretorius
Professor Extraordinarius, Stellenbosch University
Laurette Marais
Senior Researcher, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research

Articles on home language

Displaying all articles

Related Topics

Top contributors

Links