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Direct linkRubio-Alcalá, Fernando D., Ed.; Coyle, Do, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2021
This book provides an overview and evaluation of the quality of bilingual education found in internationalised higher education institutions. Its authors focus on the multifaceted roles that language(s) play in these growing multilingual spaces and analyse and identify the many factors that account for quality multilingual degree programmes. The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Bilingual Education, Educational Quality, International Education
Yiakoumetti, Androula, Ed. – Peter Lang Oxford, 2012
This volume brings together research carried out in a variety of geographic and linguistic contexts including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe and the United States and explores efforts to incorporate linguistic diversity into education and to "harness" this diversity for learners' benefit. It challenges the largely…
Descriptors: Standard Spoken Usage, Language Planning, Pidgins, Creoles
Download full textBirckbichler, Diane W., Ed. – 1990
The five essays in this volume address broad trends and issues in foreign language education. "Bandwagons Revisited: A Perspective on Movements in Foreign Language Education" (Frank M. Grittner) suggests that the bandwagons flourish because of lack of standardization and centralized authority in American education. Characteristics and results of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Curriculum Design, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
Paulston, Christina Bratt – 1992
This anthology of sociolinguistic/anthropologically-oriented articles on ethnic bilingualism and bilingual education seeks to understand bilingual education outside of the methodological-pedagogical issues involved, that is, from a theory and research, rather than classroom, perspective. Bilingual education is seen as the result of societal…
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Bilingual Education, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis
Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. – 1995
This National Profile has been prepared as the United States' participation in Phase I of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement's international study of language learning on the secondary level. It presents a complete outline of the state of foreign language learning in the United States from grades 1-12 for…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Geach, June, Comp. – 1988
This European-focused guide covers basic sources of English language information for teachers of community languages, other language teachers, and language teaching support personnel regarding the background and teaching of European Community languages in Great Britain. The guide complements Centre for Information on Language Teaching Information…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language)
Willemsma, Adalgard; Mac Poilin, Aodan – 1997
This regional dossier aims to provide concise, descriptive information and basic educational statistics about minority language education in a specific region of the European Union--Northern Ireland. Details are provided about the features of the educational system, recent educational policies, divisions of responsibilities, main actors, legal…
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Educational Policy, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
McKay, Sandra Lee, Ed.; Hornberger, Nancy H., Ed. – 1996
The text presents an introduction to sociolinguistics for second language teachers, focusing on social dimensions of language likely to be of interest to this group. The first group of chapters addresses the manner in which the larger social and political context affects language broadly: "Language Attitudes, Motivation, and Standards" (Mary…
Descriptors: Creoles, Cultural Context, English, Ethnography
NABE News, 1996
Volume 19 of the newsletter of the National Association for Bilingual Education, which spans the period from September 1995 to August 1996, contains a variety of articles on issues and developments in bilingual education policy and programs, including: two way bilingual education; language information from the 1990 Census; cultural influence and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans
