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Code-Switching by Primary School Bilingual EFL Learners: A Study on the Effect of Proficiency and Modality of Interaction
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Caballero, Núria; Celaya, M. Luz – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This study sets out to explore the effect of proficiency and modality of interaction on code-switching (CS) amongst two groups of Spanish-Catalan learners acquiring English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Primary school (grade 3, n = 24 and grade 6, n = 21). Data was retrieved from audio-taped oral activities (peer interaction and learner-teacher…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Grade 3
Gender-Fair Language (GFL) in the Academic Writing of Pre-Service Teachers of Spanish
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Núñez-Román, Francisco; Hunt-Gómez, Coral I.; Gómez-Camacho, Alejandro – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2020
The article analyses the use of GFL in a corpus of 187 academic texts created by pre-service teachers. It reveals how participants reached a balance between the recommendations of GFL guides and the standard normative grammar included in the school curriculum. The study shows that although future teachers are aware of GFL and sensitive to…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Writing (Composition), Language Usage, Grammar
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Multilingual Milieus in Catalonia: Perspectives and Practices of Educators in Three State Schools
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Frigolé, Neus; Tresserras, Eva – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
The aim of this article is to explore how the teaching of English as a foreign language is planned in three plurilingual state schools in Catalonia. We carried out classroom observations (first and second grade of primary education) and interviewed the English teachers who teach these lessons and the headmasters of the three schools. The use of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Active Bi- And Trilingualism And Its Influencing Factors
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Arnaus Gil, Laia; Müller, Natascha; Sette, Nadine; Hüppop, Marina – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2021
This article examines factors that promote active multilingualism. For this purpose, the "Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test" was used with 48 children. Their results were linked to a parental questionnaire designed to evaluate the children's linguistic input in their immediate environment. The study shows that, besides a minimum amount of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Family Relationship, Language Usage
Asturian: The Asturian Language in Education in Spain, 2nd Edition. Regional Dossiers Series
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González-Riaño, Xosé Antón, Comp.; Fernández-Costales, Alberto, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2014
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise, description and basic statistics about minority language education in a specific region of Europe. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects, such as the…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Foreign Countries, Romance Languages, Educational Policy
Catalan: The Catalan Language in Education in Spain, 2nd Edition. Regional Dossiers Series
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Areny, Maria, Comp.; Mayans, Pere, Comp.; Forniès, David, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2013
Regional dossiers aim at providing a concise description and basic statistics about minority language education in a specific region of Europe. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements, and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects, such as the…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Foreign Countries, Romance Languages, Educational Policy