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Troyan, Francis John; Auger, Nathalie – Language and Education, 2023
This case study investigated the practiced language policies of a French elementary school educator, Catherine, as she implemented the French National Cycle of instruction for the early elementary grades with a culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) class of students. The findings revealed that macro-level policies--such as curriculum and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, French, Second Language Learning, Elementary School Teachers
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Bonacina-Pugh, Florence – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
This paper revisits the notion of 'legitimate language' [e.g. Bourdieu 1977. "The Economics of Linguistic Exchange." "Social Science Information" 16 (6): 645-668] as it relates to multilingualism in educational contexts. Since Heller [1996. "Legitimate Language in a Multilingual School." "Linguistics and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Classroom Communication, Discourse Analysis, Language Usage
Breidbach, Stephan, Ed.; Viebrock, Britta, Ed. – Peter Lang Publishing Group, 2013
Content and Language Integrated Learning has received a strong tailwind in European educational and language policies. It is on the verge of becoming a mainstream phenomenon. However, an overly speedy implementation of "CLIL for all" might bear a number of risks for all groups of stakeholders. The purpose of this book is to link the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education
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Uysal, Hacer Hande; Plakans, Lia; Dembovskaya, Svetlana – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2007
In the discussion of English language spread policies, scholars have taken various viewpoints. One approach concerns the "diffusion-of-English" and "language ecology" paradigms, which distinguish externally dominant English spread and resistance to this hegemony. Others have questioned this approach, and proposed that English…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Young, Andrea; Helot, Christine – Language Awareness, 2003
The paper presents the language policies being implemented in French primary schools under the present educational reform and considers how they tackle the question of sociocultural and linguistic pluralism. It questions the choice of teaching one foreign language from a very early age at kindergarten rather than opting for a model of language…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Biculturalism, Educational Change, Elementary Schools