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Fransheska Arias Reyes; Ivanna Tavarez Vasquez; Pedro Tavárez DaCosta – Online Submission, 2025
Our country, which is today the Dominican Republic, is a Spanish speaking country due to the historical and well known fact that the then Hispaniola Island or Santo Domingo was split into two different colonies by effect of the Aranjuez Treaty (1777), held between the two Colonial Metropolis of Spain and France thus establishing the French…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Code Switching (Language), Higher Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Elena Roa-Albert; Alexandra Babino – English in Texas, 2024
This article emphasizes the importance of embracing and mobilizing students' linguistic practices, particularly in bilingual settings. The authors reflect on their experiences as bilingual teachers, initially correcting students' use of regional Spanish variations and translanguaging (mixing English and Spanish). However, through advanced studies,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Spanish
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Gulimzhan Tuimebayeva; Bibigul Shagrayeva; Kulyash Kerimbayeva; Naila Shertayeva; Aliya Bitemirova; Perizat Abdurazova – Open Education Studies, 2024
This study provides a comprehensive analysis of multilingual education, highlighting key issues, methodologies, and future directions in this area. Based on the theoretical foundations of Vygotsky and Krashen, as well as practical approaches such as project-based learning and task-based language learning, the study highlights the importance of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Student Projects
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Freire, Juan A.; Feinauer, Erika – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Historically, Spanish-speaking students have not been allowed to use their home and community linguistic practices in their schooling in the U.S., even in most Spanish-English dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs, which require standard Spanish with strict language separation policies. These pedagogical practices have led to the…
Descriptors: Spanish, Language Variation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Van Viege, Saskia; Lau, Sunny Man Chu – TESL Canada Journal, 2022
This Perspectives article proposes a renewed vision of teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) through a translanguaging (TL) stance, grounded in critical sociolinguistic inquiry and embodied practice. A TL theory of language asserts an activist agenda to dismantle mono/lingualism, inviting a more dynamic and expansive view of…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Baker, Colin; Wright, Wayne E. – Multilingual Matters, 2021
The seventh edition of this bestselling textbook has been extensively revised and updated to provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education in an ever-changing world. Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in bilingualism and multilingualism at individual, group and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Foundations of Education, Bilingualism, Deafness
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Gao, Yang – SAGE Open, 2021
Using critical ethnographic narrative as a tool and language socialization as the theoretical stance, the article analyzes excerpts of a language teacher's life experience and presents findings to join the existing literature. The article indicates that: (1) transnational teacher identities develop in a multiple-identity system including…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Ethnography, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Román, Diego; Pastor, Alberto; Basaraba, Deni – Bilingual Research Journal, 2019
This study examined the presence of internal linguistic discrimination--i.e., the negative reaction of Spanish speakers towards the varieties of Spanish spoken by heritage speakers--among bilingual teachers in a school district in Texas. To this end, we conducted a study that analyzed the responses of 84 bilingual teachers to audio utterances…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Spanish Speaking, Spanish, Language Variation
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Kigamwa, James Chamwada; Ndemanu, Michael Takafor – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
There is a need to embrace translingualism in order to avert covert tensions that emanate from the ascription of linguistic supremacy to "standard" English, especially among teachers of immigrant children and in overall public discourse. Drawing inspiration from the 1974 resolutions of the Conference on College Composition and…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Standard Spoken Usage, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Feuerstein, Reuven; Lewin-Benham, Ann – Teachers College Press, 2012
In this unique collaboration, the authors bring to life the theory of mediated learning. Through numerous examples and scenarios from classrooms and museums, they show how mediated learning helps children to become more effective learners. Readers learn the steps in the process, including analyzing the child's problem, teaching the child to focus…
Descriptors: Museums, Parents, Exhibits, Theory Practice Relationship
Scott, Jerrie Cobb, Ed.; Straker, Dolores Y., Ed.; Katz, Laurie, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008
How can teachers make sound pedagogical decisions and advocate for educational policies that best serve the needs of students in today's diverse classrooms? What is the pedagogical value of providing culturally and linguistically diverse students greater access to their own language and cultural orientations? This landmark volume responds to the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Language Planning, Language of Instruction