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Alvin D. Tenorio – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The implementation of the Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) policy in the Philippine basic education has gained traction among educators. Skepticism as to its effectiveness is evident especially in mathematics class where English is the universally recognised medium. This study explored how elementary teachers from a rural…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, Teacher Attitudes
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Vijayakumar, Poorani; Steinkrauss, Rasmus; Sun, He – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
The current study investigates the impact of the teachers' societal dominant language use within a weak version of translanguaging in early heritage language education. We explored five preschool teachers' use of English, the dominant majority language, in Tamil heritage language classes in Singapore and examined its impact on 33 children's…
Descriptors: Language Usage, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sah, Pramod K.; Karki, Jeevan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
This study reports on an investigation into the perspectives of different stakeholders (e.g. administrators, teachers, students, and parents) towards motivations for introducing English as a medium of instruction (EMI) policy in low-resourced public schools, serving minoritized students, and language ideologies that form its practices. Framed…
Descriptors: Advantaged, Language of Instruction, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Tian, Zhongfeng – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
In response to a growing call for developing flexible, multilingual spaces in dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs, this paper explored how [Sánchez, M. T., O. García, and C. Solorza. 2018. "Reframing Language Allocation Policy in Dual Language Bilingual Education." Bilingual Research Journal 41 (1): 37-51.] translanguaging…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction