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Bilingual Infants and Their Treatment in the Greek Kindergarten

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The integration of immigrant children into the education systems of various countries is closely related to the education policies for immigrants and the general principles underlying the educational, social, economic and cultural context of each country. From this starting point, we explore the linguistic background of immigrant children entering the Greek kindergarten and the methods and practices adopted by their teachers, so that these children can be assisted with school and social integration. The research data was collected using a questionnaire with open and closed questions which was distributed to kindergarten teachers. Analysis of the data provided important information on the linguistic behavior of bilingual infants throughout a school year as well as on the applicable relevant practices regarding the linguistic integration of these children into the Greek education system.

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    Τ7 means the kindergarten teacher’s questionnaire reference, number 7.

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  1. Department of Preschool Education, University of Crete, Rethymno, Greece

    Dionysia Kontogianni & Vassilios Oikonomidis

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  1. Department of Primary Education, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece

    Eleni Skourtou

  2. Department of Primary Education, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, Greece

    Vasilia Kourtis-Kazoullis

  3. Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Themistoklis Aravossitas

  4. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Peter Pericles Trifonas

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Kontogianni, D., Oikonomidis, V. (2020). Bilingual Infants and Their Treatment in the Greek Kindergarten. In: Skourtou, E., Kourtis-Kazoullis, V., Aravossitas, T., Trifonas, P. (eds) Language Diversity in Greece. Multilingual Education, vol 36. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28396-4_2

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