Engaging Arabic-Dutch Refugee Children with Multimedia Dual Language Books

Scherpenhuizen, Cloë (2022) Engaging Arabic-Dutch Refugee Children with Multimedia Dual Language Books. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.

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Abstract

Both multimedia- and dual language books have proven to be important educational tools for story comprehension and vocabulary development. Educational publisher Bereslim has designed an intervention for Arabic-Dutch students that combines multimedia- and dual language books. Children watch an animated version of a children’s book with background music and other sounds. Children can also hear part of the story in their first language by pressing the “Arabic help button”. Engagement and on-task behaviour are key to learning. It is expected that individual differences between children will influence their engagement. The current study explores individual differences in second language exposure at home and a child’s best language by looking at their effect on on-task behaviour and Arabic help button use. A sample of 25 Arabic-speaking students (aged 4-7 years) from three different Dutch newcomer schools participated in two sessions each week for four weeks. Each first session of every week was videotaped. The recordings were then manually coded for on-task behaviour while the Bereslim programme logged Arabic help button use. For each research question, a Mann Whitney U test was conducted. There was no relation between a child’s Dutch language exposure at home and their on-task behaviour, no relation between a child’s best language and their on-task behaviour, and no relation between a child’s best language and their Arabic help button use. On-task behaviour was generally very high. The results of this study suggest that individual differences do not influence this high on-task behaviour.

Item Type:	Thesis (Bachelor)
Supervisor name:	Leeuwestein, H.
Degree programme:	Psychology
Differentiation route:	None [Bachelor Psychology]
Date Deposited:	27 Jul 2022 09:13
Last Modified:	27 Jul 2022 09:13
URI:	http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1148

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