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Gulzhana Kuzembayeva; Zhannat Maigeldiyeva; Bibigul Kussanova; Zhumagul Maydangalieva – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2024
This research explores into the issues faced by heritage language speakers and learners, a topic gaining increasing relevance as millions of individuals reside outside their country or region of birth for various reasons. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the experiences and proficiency of the heritage language among ethnic…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Proficiency, Language Enrichment, Foreign Countries
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Huseyin Kyuchuk; Anar Fazylzhanova; Madina Abayeva; Aliya Nazarova; Quwatbek Duysen; Aidana Makhambetova; Shakhlo Kazakbayeva; Talshyn Chukayeva; Jill de Villiers – Intercultural Education, 2025
The research report describes the ability of Kazakh preschool children to tell narratives relating to mental states, and the connection with theory of mind tasks about false beliefs. Three groups of preschool children (N = 29; 3-, 4-, and 5- year-olds) from the city of Almaty were tested in the Kazakh language. The results show very high…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Preschool Children
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Gülin Dagdeviren-Kirmizi; Kayhan Inan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In this study, the relationship between the family language practice and the level of linguistic (in)security of adolescent Gagauz speakers is examined in the context of an endangered language. To this end, a language-use questionnaire and linguistic insecurity scale were administered to 674 participants. The questionnaire included questions…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Language Maintenance, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Munyaradzi Hwami – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2025
This critical interpretive study aims to contribute to the scholarship that calls for epistemological recognition and representation of the global South. This call is seen as displacing questions of redistribution. The article utilizes interviews and focus group sessions with Kazakhstani graduate students to explore their experiences and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Systems, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Zhanna K. Makhanova; Natalya V. Dmitryuk; Gulbanu B. Makhanova – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
The importance of addressing the linguodidactic problems of intercultural communication in the multilingual educational space of the Republic of Kazakhstan lies in the fact that by 2021, the Programme of trilingual education in the region, adopted for implementation in the early 2000s, will have reached its final stage. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Intercultural Communication, Ethnic Groups, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
Shakhlo Nematova – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Prior research has extensively explored audiovisual speech perception and literacy skills in various linguistic contexts. Studies have shown that children's ability to integrate auditory and visual speech cues plays a crucial role in language acquisition and development (Erdener & Burnham, 2013; Lalonde & Werner, 2021). Furthermore,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Monolingualism, Speech Communication, Phonological Awareness
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Anas Hajar; Ali Ait Si Mhamed – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This paper explores eight Kazakhstani postgraduate students' reflections of their international educational experiences in the UK after their immediate re-entry into Kazakhstan. Special focus was on their language identity development after their one-year stay in the UK. It was informed by Benson et al.'s ([2013]. "Second Language Identity in…
Descriptors: Native Language, Self Concept, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Christina Hedman; Linda Fisher – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This paper builds on a collaborative pilot project on "Critical Multilingual Language Awareness" (CMLA) in a linguistically diverse Preparatory Class with migrant adolescents in Sweden. Importantly, the approach involved Multilingual Study Mentors (MSMs), whose role normally is to provide scaffolding in the strongest language of recently…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Metalinguistics, Immigrants, Swedish
Qianqian Zhang-Wu, Editor; Bridget Goodman, Editor – Multilingual Matters, 2025
While substantial research has looked backward at the colonial history of language and forward to the potential of decolonizing English for linguistic justice, there is a lack of investigation looking "inward" at the lived raciolinguistic experiences of multilingual scholars. This edited collection opens a healing space for storytelling…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Race, Language Variation, Language Attitudes
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Karim Sadeghi; Neda Bakhshi – International Journal of Language Testing, 2025
Assessing language skills in an integrative form has drawn the attention of assessment experts in recent years. While some research data exists on integrative listening/reading-to-write assessment, there is comparatively little research literature on listening-to-speak integrated assessment. Also, little attention has been devoted to the role of…
Descriptors: Language Tests, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Computer Assisted Testing
John W. Derks – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Do assimilationist restrictions on a minority language lead to greater national unity or a more rebellious minority population? Under what conditions might short-term backlash to language assimilation evolve into greater national unity in the long term? While much of the literature on ethnic politics implicitly treats language simply as an…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Cost Effectiveness, Acculturation, Political Influences