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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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Sentance, Sue; Waite, Jane; Kallia, Maria – Computer Science Education, 2019
Background and Context: Vygotsky's sociocultural theory emphasises the importance of language, mediation, and the transfer of skills and knowledge from the social into the cognitive plane. This perspective has influenced the development of PRIMM (Predict, Run, Investigate, Modify, Make), a structured approach to teaching programming. Objective:…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Programming
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Rolón-Dow, Rosalie; Chen, Lei – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2014
To develop dispositions essential to linguistically responsive teaching (Lucas & Villegas, 2011), preservice teachers need opportunities to engage in reflection and dialogue about the sociocultural and sociopolitical dimensions of identity, language and culture pertinent to Latino/a English language learners. In this article, we present two…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, English Language Learners, Culturally Relevant Education
Carter, Prudence L. – Oxford University Press, 2012
What are the features of the school environment that make students' of color incorporation greater at some schools than at others? Prudence L. Carter seeks to answer this basic but bedeviling question through a rich comparative analysis of the organizational and group dynamics in eight schools located within four cities in the United States and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Organizational Climate, Group Dynamics
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Potts, D.; Moran, M. J. – Language and Education, 2013
The everyday reality of children's multilingualism is a significant resource for expanding students' perspectives on the world, but many questions remain regarding the negotiation of these resources in mainstream classrooms. Drawing on research from a long-term Canadian study of multiliterate pedagogies, this paper explores mediation of home…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Native Language
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Dworin, Joel – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2011
This study investigated the language and literacy practices of five graduates of a Spanish-English K-12 dual language immersion program through semistructured interviews to understand the residual impact of thirteen years in a Spanish-English bilingual school program. Drawing from sociocultural theory, the interviews also sought to provide an…
Descriptors: Literacy, Bilingualism, Coding, Spanish
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Adegbite, Wale – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2008
In this study, the problem of non-proficiency in language learning and use among Nigerian students is investigated. Using empirical data and information from available literature on the subject as evidence, it was observed that the language deficiencies of the students could be attributed to the lack of fit between the formulation of the national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Language Planning, Language Proficiency