Digital funds of identity: understanding a young child’s plurilingual development through mediagrams

IF 3.1 3区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching Pub Date : 2023-11-08 DOI:10.1080/17501229.2023.2276952

Sabine Little, Kexin Cheng

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Purpose. The study explored how Feifei, a 3-year-old trilingual girl living in England, uses touchscreens across her multiple languages (English, Mandarin, and Bahasa Indonesia), exploring how her languages and social interactions interact with her touchscreen use. Design/methodology/approach. The research adopts a case study approach, using mediagrams, supported by family interviews and parent-recorded interviews, and expanding conceptualisations of funds of identity in the analysis. Findings. The mediagrams and supporting interviews relate how Feifei’s multilingual touchscreen use relies on parental interest and support, but also highlights innovative ways for multilingual families to use technology, and opportunities for schools and nurseries to use technology to explore children’s funds of knowledge and identity. Originality/value. The study makes an important contribution to the concept of digital funds of identity in multilingual/plurilingual children, highlighting the usefulness of mediagrams as a methodological tool within this sphere.

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身份的数字基金:通过媒体图了解幼儿的多语发展

目的。这项研究探讨了生活在英国的三岁三语女孩菲菲是如何使用触摸屏的，她使用多种语言(英语、普通话和印尼语)，探索她的语言和社交互动是如何与触摸屏的使用相互作用的。设计/方法/方法。本研究采用个案研究方法，使用媒体图，辅以家庭访谈和家长记录访谈，并在分析中扩展认同基金的概念。发现。媒体图和支持性访谈涉及到菲菲使用多语言触摸屏如何依赖于父母的兴趣和支持，但也强调了多语言家庭使用技术的创新方式，以及学校和托儿所利用技术探索儿童知识和身份的机会。创意/值。该研究对多语言/多语言儿童的数字身份基金概念做出了重要贡献，突出了媒体图作为该领域方法论工具的有用性。

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Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching LINGUISTICS-

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6.90

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6.70%

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期刊介绍： Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching is an international refereed journal devoted to innovative approaches to methodologies and pedagogies in language learning and teaching. It publishes research articles, review articles and book/materials reviews. It draws on a range of disciplines that share a focus on exploring new approaches to language learning and teaching from a learner-centred perspective. It will appeal to anyone interested in the development of, research into or practical application of new methodologies in language teaching and learning.