Full Description
This fascinating open access study explains and describes the process by which young children can acquire a second language incidentally via regular exposure to animated cartoons. Joyful and regular multi-year exposure to cartoons can replicate some aspects of the mother-tongue acquisition process, especially when supported by a co-viewing caregiver.
Rosalia di Nisio emphasises two important elements in the acquisition process: the mediation of co-viewing adults as a motivating factor, and the multimodal nature of cartoons as a facilitator of extensive comprehension through sounds and images. She demonstrates this multimodality through a focus the 'dual-coded' interaction between cartoons' verbal, auditory and visual dimensions. Combining cognitive, relational and language perspectives, di also Nisio demonstrates the near-native language acquisition phases: singing and acting out mark the baby's involvement accompanied by a caregiver; the silent, but fertile phase during which listening skills reach surprising levels; speech being prompted by opportunities to interact with a native speaker. Underpinned by foundational theory from cognitive psychology, multimodality and applied linguistics, this is an essential study of a fertile but overlooked mode of language acquisition.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com
Contents
Section One: the context in a digital era
Part One: Early access to touchscreen technology and incidental second-language acquisition
1. Responses about Children's Early Access to Media
2. Para-Social Relationship and Identification with Animated Cartoon Characters
3. Caregivers' co-viewing strategies
4. Summary and Conclusions
Part Two: incidental early second-language acquisition
5. Definition of Incidental Acquisition: and Cognitive, Multimodal and Contextual Factors
6. Forms of Early Bilingualism: features Typology and Issues
7. Case Studies on children's incidental second-language acquisition through media
8. Summary and Conclusions
Section Two: the process in incidental second-language acquisition
Part Three: the language in the lyrics of animated songs for young children
9. The Formulaic Perspective in the Analysis of Animated Cartoons
10. Toddlers' Animated Nursery Rhymes
11. Post-Toddlerhood Animated Festivity Tunes
12. Summary and Conclusions
Part Four: the language in the scripts of animated series for older children
13. Everyday Life Series Real-world and Fantasy Everyday Life Series
14. Adventure Animation Series
15. Pre-Adolescence Animation Series
16. Summary and Conclusions
Part Five: The phases in incidental early second-language acquisition: a case study
17. Beyond Singing and Beyond: the Silent Listening Phase
18. Towards the Speaking Phase
19. The textual phase: the two siblings' case study
20. Summary and Conclusions
