Page 9 - Second language development of newly arrived migrant kindergarteners - Frederike Groothoff

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of contents -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgements............................................................................................................ vii Clarification of Terms........................................................................................................xv Abbreviations ....................................................................................................................xix 1 Introducing the context for research with newly arrived migrant kindergarteners .21 1.1 The inspiration for this research.................................................................................22 1.2 Introduction................................................................................................................22 1.3 Newly arrived migrant pupils ....................................................................................24 1.4 The educational settings in the Netherlands...............................................................25 1.4.1 The educational setting for newly arrived migrants in the Netherlands .............25 1.4.3 Core objectives for education .............................................................................27 1.5 The focus, aim, and general research question of this dissertation ............................28 1.6 Outline of this dissertation .........................................................................................29 2 Theoretical perspectives .................................................................................................31 2.1 Introduction................................................................................................................32 2.2 Ecological linguistics in education ............................................................................32 2.3 Communicative competence......................................................................................34 2.4 Second language learning ..........................................................................................37 2.4.1 Dual language learners, bilinguals, and second language learners .....................38 2.4.2 The importance of learning the second language ...............................................38 2.4.3 Individual differences .........................................................................................39 2.5 Receptive vocabulary development ...........................................................................41 2.5.1 Receptive vocabulary development of second language learners.......................41 2.5.2 Receptive vocabulary development of newly arrived migrant pupils in Dutch ..42 2.6 Narrative ability development....................................................................................43 2.6.1 Narrative ability development ............................................................................44