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Xolisa Guzula; Soraya Abdulatief – Reading & Writing: Journal of the Literacy Association of South Africa, 2024
Background: Our article argues that the role of translingual instruction in mathematics classrooms is under-recognised in South Africa, as policymakers, teacher educators, teachers, learners, and parents assume that mathematics is just about numbers and calculations and not language. This is despite findings on the value of using children's…
Descriptors: Translation, Language Usage, Code Switching (Language), Grade 9
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Horak Smith, Kathy; Silva, Cecilia; Weinburgh, Molly H.; Jones, Natalie Smith; Riggs, Beth – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2023
Part of learning a new discipline is learning the language used in the discipline. For mathematics, emergent multilingual learners (EML) must learn English and mathematical symbols in order to make meaning and communicate. The mathematics community's understanding of communication is complex and includes the use of natural language, incorporation…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English Language Learners, Mathematics Education, Language Usage
Albert Biel, Editor; Fabian Maria Esleben, Editor – Multilingual Matters, 2025
Because of its focus on mutual understanding, the language classroom is uniquely situated to discuss and enact ideas about social justice. This book brings together authors from different geographical and professional contexts united by a common goal: to bring about a change in language teacher education and language classrooms. The chapters…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Probyn, Margie – Classroom Discourse, 2019
The majority of learners in South African schools are African language speakers, yet the dominance of English in the political economy has meant that schools choose to switch to English medium instruction by Grade 4, before learners have the necessary English proficiency to access the curriculum, with negative effects on learning. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Bilingual Education
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Repplinger, Nikolaus Paul; Budke, Alexandra – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2022
The article sounds the potentials of multilingualism as a resource for geography lessons. In detail, it examines the use of multilingual teaching media and their effect on the comprehension of the content. First, the potentials of multilingualism for geography lessons are theoretically developed. After the development and adaption of the material,…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Geography Instruction, Instructional Materials, German
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Murphy, P. Karen; Ebersöhn, Liesel; Omidire, Funke; Firetto, Carla M. – South African Journal of Education, 2020
The nature of discourse within classrooms strongly predicts students' ability to think about, around, and with text and content (i.e. comprehension and critical-analytic thinking). However, little is known about the nature of classroom discourse in remote, rural South African schools, a context in which students face well-documented language…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Critical Thinking, Classroom Communication, Rural Areas
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Pacheco, Mark B.; Smith, Blaine E. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2015
We seek to understand how bilingual adolescent students leverage multiple languages and modes in digital composition. Using a translingual and multimodal perspective of composition, this study reports on the distinct communicative affordances associated with four students' multimodal codemeshing practices. Through analysis of students' digital…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Self Concept, Multilingualism, Teaching Methods
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Naicker, Shalina; Balfour, Robert J. – Language Learning Journal, 2009
This paper explores the impact of a specially designed programme of communicative strategies on English second language (ESL) development in a scaffolded case study that set out to promote teacher-guided, constructive learner talk in the outcomes-based education arts and culture classroom. The programme was implemented in a multilingual secondary…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Outcome Based Education, Classroom Communication, Multilingualism