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Pooja Nakamura; Adria Molotsky; Rosa Castro Zarzur; Varsha Ranjit; Yasmina Haddad; Thomas De Hoop – Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2023
Based on the theory of change, we gather, organize, and synthesize the evidence on the impact of three language of instruction (LOI) choices (teaching in mother tongue [MT] with later transition, teaching in a non-MT language, or teaching in two or more languages at one time) on literacy and biliteracy outcomes. We focus on quantitative and…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries, Native Language Instruction, Bilingualism
Shalva Tabatadze; Kakha Gabunia – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2025
This study examines the current landscape of language policy in higher educational institutions (HEIs) in Georgia, focusing on teaching, research, and administration. A purposive selection of strategic documents from seventeen public and private universities forms the basis of analysis using Thematic Content Analysis (TCA). The research identifies…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Educational Policy, Content Analysis, State Universities
Seyat Polat; Sarah Désirée Lange – Review of Education, 2025
The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to closely examine the research on the beliefs of pre-service and in-service primary school teachers on multilingualism. A comprehensive review of published international literature was conducted based on an online search using Scopus, Web of Science, DOAJ, APA PsycINFO and ERIC using specific…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Multilingualism, Teacher Attitudes
Danya Zhu; Ping Wang – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025
This study aims to provide a bibliometric analysis of the status of multilingualism in EMI research, research topics on multilingualism in EMI and future research directions. Based on a sample of 175 articles from Web of Science (WoS), the results show that (1) multilingualism in EMI research has been gradually growing since 2000 and it comes to a…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Yerbol Sarmurzin; Nazerke Amanzhol; Kamshat Toleubayeva; Marina Zhunusova; Aray Amanova; Akbota Abiyr – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2024
The research reported in this article explored the implementation of Trilingual Education Policy in Kazakhstan. The authors explain the challenges stakeholders came across while taking on the reforms in the language-in-education policy. In this context, the scholars describe four main challenges, such as the simultaneous implementation of several…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Educational Change
Mphahlele, Ramashego Shila; Manyaka, Mmapeu Margret; Moshaba, Patricia Ouma Nomsa – Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers College, 2022
The South African Language in Education Policy (LiEP) advocates using African languages in the Foundation Phase (FP) which is the first phase of formal schooling in South Africa. This paper seeks to identify the challenges in implementing the language provisions prescribed in the LiEP in South Africa and within the region. Using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Mathematics Instruction, Language of Instruction
Heather Dunham; Erica Holyoke; Katie Crook – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2024
This qualitative study explores intersections between U.S. language policies (federal and state-level) and instructional practice in early childhood settings for multilingual learners (MLs). We draw on the theoretical framework of culturally sustaining pedagogy to engage in a critical content analysis of U.S. federal and state-level policy from…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Language of Instruction
Ma. Niña I. Adriano; Noel T. Franco; Edwin A. Estrella – Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 2021
The Philippines has had numerous language policies in education--from Spanish to English to the current mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE) policy. The MTB-MLE is a controversial language policy that faced many challenges before and during its implementation. Eight years into its implementation, however, the policy has not been…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Jia-Fen Wu; Hsin-Luen Tsai – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study reviews 105 articles concerning English-as-a-medium-of-instruction (EMI) taken from the Web of Science database (2005-2021). The growth trajectory, the productivity, co-citation analysis, and bibliographic coupling were performed to present the procedural change, the 'hotspot' themes, influential publications, authors, countries,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Code Switching (Language)
Mettewie, Laurence; Van Mensel, Luk – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2023
The aim of the present article is to provide an overview of the current state of affairs regarding foreign language education and bilingual education in the different parts of Belgium. In a brief historical contextualisation, we explain how language education in Belgium has been shaped by the country's political and economic history, which has led…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Content and Language Integrated Learning, Foreign Countries
Hunt, Emily; Nang, Charn; Meldrum, Suzanne; Armstrong, Elizabeth – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2022
Purpose: Multilingual children are disproportionately represented on speech pathology caseloads, in part due to the limited ability of traditional language assessments to accurately capture multilingual children's language abilities. This systematic review evaluates the evidence for identification of language disorder in multilingual children…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Speech Language Pathology, Language Tests, Diagnostic Tests
Tebogo J. Rakgogo – Transformation in Higher Education, 2024
The core objective of this article is to evaluate the progress made in linguistic development over the past three decades, with a specific focus on the role of language and its philosophical underpinnings in reshaping and decolonising South African higher education landscape. Linguistic imperialism as a conceptual framework alongside the Framework…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Racial Segregation, Social Change, Colonialism
Lei Xu; Nunilon G. Ayuyao; Xingshan Jiang – International Journal of Language Education, 2024
This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of language policy in the Philippines, with a particular emphasis on the status, challenges, and future prospects of Chinese language education within the national framework. The study is structured into five distinct sections. Firstly, the historical development of language policies in…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Chinese
McLachlan, Kathryn; Essien, Anthony A. – Pythagoras, 2022
This article presents a systematic review of research on language and multilingualism in mathematics education published in the South African journal Pythagoras from 1994 to 2021. This time frame was chosen as the year 1994 marked the acknowledgement of 11 official languages in the new democratic South Africa (including 9 indigenous languages),…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Multilingualism, Mathematics Education, Periodicals
Wong, Mary Shepard – FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2019
This article is a literature review and analysis of the links between social cohesion/peacebuilding and the use of Non-Dominant Languages (NDLs) in education with an application for Myanmar, a country rich in linguistic diversity, rife with political conflict, and in the midst educational reforms. Findings indicate that investment in multilingual…
Descriptors: Peace, Language Planning, Language Minorities, Foreign Countries