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'Just Accept Each Other, While the Rest of the World Doesn't' --Teachers' Reflections on Multilingual Education
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Duarte, Joana; Günther-van der Meij, Mirjam – Language and Education, 2022
Research suggests that in linguistically and socially diverse classrooms, teachers should draw on their students' multilingual repertoires. Although several approaches to use students' home languages exist, the accessibility of this knowledge among teachers is still limited. Recently, a holistic approach has been put forward to address the needs…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Student Diversity, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Teaching Turkish-Dutch Kindergartners Dutch Vocabulary with a Social Robot: Does the Robot's Use of Turkish Translations Benefit Children's Dutch Vocabulary Learning?
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Leeuwestein, Hanneke; Barking, Marie; Sodaci, Hande; Oudgenoeg-Paz, Ora; Verhagen, Josje; Vogt, Paul; Aarts, Rian; Spit, Sybren; de Haas, Mirjam; de Wit, Jan; Leseman, Paul – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2021
Providing first language (L1) translations in L2 vocabulary interventions may be beneficial for L2 vocabulary learning. However, in linguistically diverse L2 classrooms, teachers cannot provide L1 translations to all children. Social robots do offer such opportunities, as they can be programmed to speak any combination of languages. This study…
Descriptors: Native Language, Translation, Second Language Learning, Vocabulary Development
'Who Really Speaks Like That?' -- Children's Implicit and Explicit Attitudes towards Multilingual Speakers of Dutch
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Dekker, S. V.; Duarte, J.; Loerts, H. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2021
This study investigates children's explicit and implicit language attitudes in a highly diverse primary education. Set in the bilingual province of Fryslân, the Netherlands, the current research was carried out in the scope of the 3M-project ('More opportunities with multilingualism': Duarte & Günther-van der Meij, 2018a. A holistic model for…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Indo European Languages, Language Minorities
MulTINCo: Multilingual Traditional Immersion and Native Corpus. Better-Documented Multiliteracy Practices for More Refined SLA Studies
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Meunier, Fanny; Hendrikx, Isa; Bulon, Amélie; Van Goethem, Kristel; Naets, Hubert – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
Whilst the links between learner corpus research (LCR) and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) have long been debated, McEnery et al. (2019. "Corpus Linguistics, Learner Corpora, and SLA: Employing Technology to Analyze Language Use." Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 39: 74-92. doi:10.1017/S0267190519000096) claim that learner corpus…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Immersion Programs, Computational Linguistics, Content and Language Integrated Learning
CLIL in Junior Vocational Secondary Education: Challenges and Opportunities for Teaching and Learning
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Denman, Jenny; Tanner, Rosie; de Graaff, Rick – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2013
In many countries, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) in secondary education, whether by default or design, focuses primarily on high-achieving students. This paper presents a study of CLIL programs for a different population: junior vocational students in the lower streams of secondary education in the Netherlands. On the basis of a…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Bilingualism
The Multilingual Classroom in Primary Education in the Basque Country and Friesland: Beliefs of Teachers and Their Language Practices. A Research Report
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Arocena, Eli; Gorter, Durk – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2013
The project "The educational value of various aspects of multilingualism in the classroom of the Basque Country and of Friesland" concerns a comparative study of the languages in the schools in the Basque Autonomous Community and in the Province of Friesland. It is part of the agreement between the general administration of the Basque…
Descriptors: Uncommonly Taught Languages, Interviews, Teacher Attitudes, Language Teachers