The effect of dual versus mono medium teaching on the ability of bilingual, typically developing children to label graphic symbols in two languages

dc.contributor.advisorTonsing, Kerstin Monika
dc.contributor.emailamywylieza@gmail.comen_ZA
dc.contributor.postgraduateWylie, Amy
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-18T12:45:33Z
dc.date.available2018-05-18T12:45:33Z
dc.date.created2017
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionMini Dissertation (M(AAC))--University of Pretoria, 2017.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractA large portion of the world’s population is multilingual. This trend is reflected in the population with communication disorders, and therefore in people with complex communication needs (CCN). People with CCN may need alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) systems to facilitate their participation in daily life. These systems are often related to the language of the person’s community. Yet, if this person lives in a multilingual community, little current research is available to guide the design of AAC systems that give access to expression in more than one language. This pilot study aimed to determine the ability of typically developing Afrikaans-English bilingual children, between the ages of 4;6 (years;months) and 6;11, to label Picture Communication Symbols (PCS) in both these languages when taught with mono medium (English) versus dual medium (Afrikaans and English) teaching. Four participants, who spoke Afrikaans and English, were included in the study. A withinsubjects crossover design was used. Each participant was taught two sets of symbols, one using mono medium and one dual medium teaching. Treatments were counterbalanced for order and set. Results tentatively showed that the teaching method was successful, with participants being able to label most symbols in English when taught in either mono (English) or dual medium. Participants were also able to label symbols in Afrikaans when taught the symbols by dual medium teaching. Some participants were spontaneously able to translate symbols taught by mono medium teaching (English) to Afrikaans. This pilot study tentatively suggests that this ability is dependent on the child’s receptive vocabulary ability in both languages, as well as their ability to express the concepts depicted by the symbols in both L1 and L2. Future research is needed with studies that include a larger sample size, to be able to draw more robust conclusions.en_ZA
dc.description.availabilityUnrestricteden_ZA
dc.description.degreeM(AAC)en_ZA
dc.description.departmentCentre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC)en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Research Foundation (NRF)en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWylie, A 2017, The effect of dual versus mono medium teaching on the ability of bilingual, typically developing children to label graphic symbols in two languages, M(AAC) Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64977>en_ZA
dc.identifier.otherA2018en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/64977
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherUniversity of Pretoria
dc.rights© 2018 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria.
dc.subjectUCTDen_ZA
dc.subjectAugmentative and alternative communication (AAC)en_ZA
dc.subjectMono medium teachingen_ZA
dc.subjectDual medium teachingen_ZA
dc.subjectTypically developingen_ZA
dc.titleThe effect of dual versus mono medium teaching on the ability of bilingual, typically developing children to label graphic symbols in two languagesen_ZA
dc.typeMini Dissertationen_ZA

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