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Children score higher when tested in mother tongue
By Catherine Gaunt,
Nursery World,
18 January 2007
Children who do not have English as a first language score significantly higher when they are assessed in their mother tongue, new research has found.
Children who do not have English as a first language score significantly higher when they are assessed in their mother tongue, new research has found. In a study in schools in Hackney, London, 22 native Turkish-speaking four- and five-year-olds were assessed for emotion-recognition and empathy by playing the Happy Cats computer game, developed by Screen Learningto support teachers with Foundation Stage Profile assessments. Each child was randomly assigned to play the game first in Turkish...
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