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Researchers at the University of Luxembourg have developed a reading programme for preschools which aims to prevent learning difficulties in children and give them a better start for their school career.
Every year around 5,000 children in Luxembourg are admitted to preschool ("Spillschoul"). Studies have shown that nearly half of the children under the age of nine do not meet national education standards in reading. Researchers at the University of Luxembourg have now developed a programme that helps avert learning difficulties before they even occur. This programme, called in Luxembourgish “LALA - Lauter lëschte Lauter” (“many different sounds”), was developed for the first school cycle.
It consists of short language games and activities in Luxembourgish, which the teacher can do several times a week with his class. At the heart of activities is the parrot Lala, who visits the children in the classroom. The material and activities benefit from latest research results and take in account the Luxembourgish school context, as well as the multilingual pupil community.
“Even before they attend primary school, children need to develop certain abilities that will later make learning to read easier. With the right methods, you can encourage these so-called “precursor abilities” at preschool and thus help the children to read better later,” explains Prof. Pascale Engel de Abreu, who coordinates the project at the University.
Tested in practice and evaluated scientifically.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=Education
https://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=University+Luxembourg
Researchers at the University of Luxembourg have developed a reading programme for preschools which aims to prevent learning difficulties in children and give them a better start for their school career.
Every year around 5,000 children in Luxembourg are admitted to preschool ("Spillschoul"). Studies have shown that nearly half of the children under the age of nine do not meet national education standards in reading. Researchers at the University of Luxembourg have now developed a programme that helps avert learning difficulties before they even occur. This programme, called in Luxembourgish “LALA - Lauter lëschte Lauter” (“many different sounds”), was developed for the first school cycle.
It consists of short language games and activities in Luxembourgish, which the teacher can do several times a week with his class. At the heart of activities is the parrot Lala, who visits the children in the classroom. The material and activities benefit from latest research results and take in account the Luxembourgish school context, as well as the multilingual pupil community.
“Even before they attend primary school, children need to develop certain abilities that will later make learning to read easier. With the right methods, you can encourage these so-called “precursor abilities” at preschool and thus help the children to read better later,” explains Prof. Pascale Engel de Abreu, who coordinates the project at the University.
Tested in practice and evaluated scientifically.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=Education
https://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?&tag=University+Luxembourg