Using object-based activities and an online inquiry platform to support learners’ engagement with their heritage language and culture

Charitonos, Koula; Charalampidi, Marina and Scanlon, Eileen (2016). Using object-based activities and an online inquiry platform to support learners’ engagement with their heritage language and culture. In: CALL communities and culture – short papers from EUROCALL 2016 (Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi; Bradley, Linda and Thouësny, Sylvie eds.), Research-publishing.net, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 87–93.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.eurocall2016.543

Abstract

Heritage language education is distinct from the field of second language acquisition due to having the concept of identity always at its core (Leeman, Rabin, & Roman-Mendoza, 2012). This paper draws on this concept and presents an action research study focusing on the teaching and learning of Greek as a heritage language in the context of Supplementary Education in the UK. The main aim of the study is to support young learners in gaining an understanding of how language is intertwined with social and cultural aspects. The study took place
in two Greek Supplementary Schools in UK during the academic year 2015-16. The participants are learners of Greek language attending pre-GCSE, GCSE and A’Level classes (13-17 years old). For the purposes of this study, the learners used mobile and web-based technologies, i.e. nQuire-It platform (http://www.nquire-it. org), to explore their environment through specific missions. The study involved a number of classroom sessions, attendance of an inter-generational objecthandling
workshop run by educators based at the British Museum at each of the
two schools, and also participation in a museum visit. The paper presents this study and shares some preliminary findings and insights regarding the integration of mobile technologies within heritage language learning and teaching.

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• Item ORO ID
• 48650
• Item Type
• Conference or Workshop Item
• ISBN
• 1-908416-43-2, 978-1-908416-43-8
• Project Funding Details

• Funded Project Name	Project ID	Funding Body
  British Academy Schools Language Awards 2015	Not Set	British Academy

• Keywords
• heritage language learning; supplementary education; inquiry learning; mobile technologies; young people
• Academic Unit or School
• Institute of Educational Technology (IET)
• Research Group
• Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET)
  Health and Wellbeing PRA (Priority Research Area)
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• © 2016 The Author(s)
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• • https://doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2016.EURO...
• Depositing User
• Koula Charitonos