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Qin, Jike; Opfer, John – Grantee Submission, 2018
Language is often depicted as the sine qua non of mathematical thinking, a view buttressed by findings of language-of-training effects among bilinguals. These findings, however, have been limited to studies of arithmetic. Nothing is known about the potential influence of language on the ability to learn rules about the relations among variables…
Descriptors: Language Role, Mathematics Instruction, Thinking Skills, Bilingualism
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Poon, Anita Y. K. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2013
Medium of instruction (MOI) is a highly controversial and thorny educational issue in Hong Kong. Despite the Hong Kong government's strenuous efforts to promote Chinese-medium instruction since 1984, social and community pressure for English-medium instruction (EMI) has been immense and continues to increase. However, the dominance of English as…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Rote Learning