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Ní Ríordáin, Máire; Coben, Diana; Miller-Reilly, Barbara – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2015
The significant role of language in mathematics teaching and learning is not a new phenomenon. Given the growth of cultural and economic migration, the increasing international focus on education for economic development and the widespread use of English as a language for learning, we have become acutely aware of the importance of language in…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Mathematics Instruction
Gilmartin, Emer – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2008
In a report on meeting the language needs of refugees in Ireland, Little (2000) identifies two sets of language rights for refugees--stemming from the right to preserve their own language or languages as a central element of identity, and the right to enjoy free access to Irish society which entails the right to develop language proficiency in…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Refugees, English (Second Language)