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ERIC Number: EJ1032513
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 12
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4279
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Meeting the Objectives of the Curriculum at the First Stage of Basic School by the Child Having Left the Language Immersion Kindergarten
Kukk, Airi; Õun, Tiia
Education 3-13, v42 n4 p357-368 2014
Year after year, the interest in early learning of the state language by non-Estonian children has increased. In Estonia, the course has been directed that non-Estonian learners have to reach functional bilingualism by the time they leave basic school and thus to become competitive in labour and education markets in Estonia. The objective of the present study is to explain -- based on the teachers' assessments -- meeting the objectives of the curriculum at the end of the kindergarten period and at the first stage of basic school by the children having participated in the early language immersion programme. The method of this study was a questionnaire. The results of this study showed that the children having been taught by the language immersion methods were well prepared for school, and their knowledge, linguistic skills and the capacity of self-expression were appropriate for their age in both languages.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Kindergarten; Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Estonia
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