Soon Young Jang
Biographic Data
| ID | 6175359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Soon Young Jang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Soon Young |
| FAMILY NAME | Jang |
| SIGNATURE | JANG S Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | Language and Literacies Education, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto (OISE/University of Toronto), Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9564-8173 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Building teacher agency through translanguaging
This critical participatory action research examines how a translanguaging-infused project supports pre- and in-service teachers in California in their development of teacher agency to work with multilingual children effectively. Data sources include pre-service teachers’ final reflections from a course on multilingualism in early childhood and in-service teachers’ focus-group meetings following a workshop on translanguaging practices. Data are d…
Young children as playwrights and their participation in classroom peer culture of sociodramatic play
In this study, analysis of video recordings of 5-year-old children’s use of language and nonverbal modes of communication (e.g. gaze, action, gesture, and proximity) is used to examine how children contribute to sociodramatic play narratives and participate in the classroom peer culture. In their dramatic play at a restaurant play center and at a grocery store dramatic play center, eight focus children took up narrative playwright roles, where th…
Administering higher education policies in the Baltic states: Balancing the language demands in multilingual society
Along with increased international migration, many nation-states are facing the dilemma of embracing a multi-cultural and multi-lingual society while protecting their cultural and linguistic heritage. Non-Anglophone universities are often the sites of this struggle as they aim to become world-class international universities operating largely in English, yet strive to reinforce national identities through language policies. This paper examines hi…
Young children as playwrights and their participation in classroom peer culture of sociodramatic play
In this study, analysis of video recordings of 5-year-old children’s use of language and nonverbal modes of communication (e.g. gaze, action, gesture, and proximity) is used to examine how children contribute to sociodramatic play narratives and participate in the classroom peer culture. In their dramatic play at a restaurant play center and at a grocery store dramatic play center, eight focus children took up narrative playwright roles, where th…
Administering higher education policies in the Baltic states: Balancing the language demands in multilingual society
Along with increased international migration, many nation-states are facing the dilemma of embracing a multi-cultural and multi-lingual society while protecting their cultural and linguistic heritage. Non-Anglophone universities are often the sites of this struggle as they aim to become world-class international universities operating largely in English, yet strive to reinforce national identities through language policies. This paper examines hi…
Young children as playwrights and their participation in classroom peer culture of sociodramatic play
In this study, analysis of video recordings of 5-year-old children’s use of language and nonverbal modes of communication (e.g. gaze, action, gesture, and proximity) is used to examine how children contribute to sociodramatic play narratives and participate in the classroom peer culture. In their dramatic play at a restaurant play center and at a grocery store dramatic play center, eight focus children took up narrative playwright roles, where th…
Building teacher agency through translanguaging
This critical participatory action research examines how a translanguaging-infused project supports pre- and in-service teachers in California in their development of teacher agency to work with multilingual children effectively. Data sources include pre-service teachers’ final reflections from a course on multilingualism in early childhood and in-service teachers’ focus-group meetings following a workshop on translanguaging practices. Data are d…
Context (archaeology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (2 works) · Action (physics (1 works) · Action research (1 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 works) · Agency (philosophy) (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Child Development and Digital Technology (1 works) · Citizen journalism (1 works)