Poorani Vijayakumar
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 6175787 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Poorani Vijayakumar |
| PRENOMES | Poorani |
| SOBRENOME | Vijayakumar |
| ASSINATURA | VIJAYAKUMAR P |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Nanyang Technological University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9453-8703 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 5 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 0 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 5 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2020 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
Entering into the weak version of translanguaging
The current study investigates the impact of the teachers’ societal dominant language use within a weak version of translanguaging in early heritage language education. We explored five preschool teachers’ use of English, the dominant majority language, in Tamil heritage language classes in Singapore and examined its impact on 33 children’s immediate language production in class and in their Tamil language storytelling at the end of the academic …
Promoting bilingualism and children’s co-participation in Singapore language classrooms
Show-and-Tell is one of many activities recommended for encouraging children’s oral language production in classrooms across the world, but there is little research on the topic. From existing studies, teacher facilitation is posited as key to shaping children’s oral language production. This paper explores teacher strategies for facilitating children’s oral language production during Show-and-Tell, in the case studies of four Singapore preschool…
Gross motor teaching in preschool education
Fostering the development of gross motor (GM) skills is important in itself and beneficial for the holistic development of children. While early childhood curriculum frameworks for GM teaching have been recently articulated, there is limited research on actual pedagogical practices. This study explored GM teaching practices in Singapore Kindergarten 1 classrooms (4–5 years), focusing on where (indoors vs outdoors), what (types of GM skills) and h…
Teacher's code-switching and bilingual children's heritage language learning and cognitive switching flexibility
To code-switch or not to code-switch? This is a dilemma for many bilingual language teachers. In this study, the influence of teachers’ CS on bilingual children's language and cognitive development is explored within heritage language (HL) classes in Singapore. Specifically, the relationship between children's language output, vocabulary development, and cognitive flexibility to teachers’ classroom CS behavior, is examined within 20 preschool HL …
Exploring characteristics of quality in language teaching & learning
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Gross motor teaching in preschool education
Fostering the development of gross motor (GM) skills is important in itself and beneficial for the holistic development of children. While early childhood curriculum frameworks for GM teaching have been recently articulated, there is limited research on actual pedagogical practices. This study explored GM teaching practices in Singapore Kindergarten 1 classrooms (4–5 years), focusing on where (indoors vs outdoors), what (types of GM skills) and h…
Teacher's code-switching and bilingual children's heritage language learning and cognitive switching flexibility
To code-switch or not to code-switch? This is a dilemma for many bilingual language teachers. In this study, the influence of teachers’ CS on bilingual children's language and cognitive development is explored within heritage language (HL) classes in Singapore. Specifically, the relationship between children's language output, vocabulary development, and cognitive flexibility to teachers’ classroom CS behavior, is examined within 20 preschool HL …
Exploring characteristics of quality in language teaching & learning
Promoting bilingualism and children’s co-participation in Singapore language classrooms
Show-and-Tell is one of many activities recommended for encouraging children’s oral language production in classrooms across the world, but there is little research on the topic. From existing studies, teacher facilitation is posited as key to shaping children’s oral language production. This paper explores teacher strategies for facilitating children’s oral language production during Show-and-Tell, in the case studies of four Singapore preschool…
Entering into the weak version of translanguaging
The current study investigates the impact of the teachers’ societal dominant language use within a weak version of translanguaging in early heritage language education. We explored five preschool teachers’ use of English, the dominant majority language, in Tamil heritage language classes in Singapore and examined its impact on 33 children’s immediate language production in class and in their Tamil language storytelling at the end of the academic …
Mathematics education (4 obras) · Psychology (4 obras) · First language (3 obras) · Linguistics (3 obras) · Pedagogy (3 obras) · Developmental psychology (2 obras) · Language Development and Disorders (2 obras) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 obras) · Biochemistry (1 obras) · Biology (1 obras)