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Widiawati, Danik; Savski, Kristof – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
One of the features of the growing prominence of English across the globe is the proliferation of English-medium instruction (EMI) programmes at all levels of education, driven by a neoliberal agenda which places a disproportionate value on English over other languages. While this spread has primarily affected more developed, urban contexts, EMI…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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Barrios, Elvira; Acosta-Manzano, Irene – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
This study investigated primary students' perceptions of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) Natural Science and Social Sciences and variations in perceptions by individual and social factors. The sample comprised 524 Spanish-speaking students aged 9-13 years from bilingual Spanish-English schools in Andalusia (Spain). The study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Peña-Cortés, Fernando; Huiliñir-Curío, Viviana; Pincheira-Ulbrich, Jimmy; Quintriqueo, Segundo; Quilaqueo, Daniel; Gutiérrez, Maritza; Morales, Soledad – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
In Chile, two public policies focusing on teaching-learning among primary school children have been implemented to contribute to the development of the language and culture of indigenous peoples and to the formation of intercultural citizens: 1) the Bilingual Intercultural Education Programme (PEIB); and 2) the Indigenous Language Sector (SLI).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Rural Schools, Indigenous Populations, Indigenous Knowledge
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Yeh, Yu-Ching; Ho, Hsiang-Ju; Chen, Ming-Chung – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2015
In 2011, the Taiwanese Government began a campaign to encourage new immigrants to teach their native languages (heritage languages) to their children. However, these heritage languages are seldom used in cross-national families and the effectiveness of formal heritage language courses in Taiwan has yet to be explored. The present study examines…
Descriptors: Heritage Education, Native Language Instruction, Vietnamese, Foreign Countries
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Ruby, Mahera – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2012
First-generation Bangladeshi grandparents in the UK have consciously taken on the role of maintaining the linguistic and cultural identity of their grandchildren. Through their life experiences, they have built up "funds of knowledge" and skills that they are able to use to promote learning using strategies that are personalised and…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Grandchildren, Grandparents, Immigrants
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Willans, Fiona – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
Language-in-education policies are developed and implemented within contexts of great complexity. Where policies appear less than perfect on paper, this presents a valuable opportunity to examine the contextual factors that have led to their development, helping policymakers to understand the conditions under which policy change must take place.…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, Context Effect, Multilingualism