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Download full textAnderson, Roger W. – Journal of Service-Learning in Higher Education, 2023
To understand how ISL addresses linguistic difference between participants and host communities, a qualitative content analysis of recent peerreviewed articles in which programs were described as having addressed linguistic difference. Nearly half of the literature did not explicate how language was addressed. Across 25 programs, seven methods…
Descriptors: International Programs, Study Abroad, Service Learning, Intercultural Communication
Direct linkMingming Yuan; Song Hou – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
As a former treaty port and a current Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in China, Shantou occupies unique position in China's interaction with colonialism and globalisation. Through an analysis of English translations in the linguistic landscape (LL) in Shantou, it was found that international, local and regional factors work together to shape the…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Foreign Countries, Translation, Multilingualism
Norheim, Helga; Moser, Thomas – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2020
Partnerships between parents and professionals in early childhood education and care (ECEC) are widely acknowledged as important for children's well-being and learning. For children with immigrant backgrounds, bridges between the different social contexts that surround them are especially significant. The current paper synthesizes research-based…
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation, Early Childhood Education, Child Care
Buren, Molly K.; Maggin, Daniel M.; Brown, Christerralyn – Exceptionality, 2020
18 qualitative investigations of families of children with disabilities from nondominant communities and their perspectives on home-school partnerships were included in this meta-synthesis. Included studies used a qualitative research design to examine the perspectives of families of children with disabilities from nondominant communities in…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Experience, Minority Groups, Special Education
Howell, Peter – Edinburgh Working Papers in Applied Linguistics, 2001
This article explores translation strategies in English and French versions of Japanese comic books, comparing English and French dialogue text regarding local color, atmospherics, and characterization. Section 1 describes Japanese comic books. Section 2 examines translation strategies. Sections 3 and 4 discuss local color and character locus…
Descriptors: Comics (Publications), Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences, French
Hambleton, Ronald K.; Bollwark, John – 1991
The validity of results from international assessments depends on the correctness of the test translations. If the tests presented in one language are more or less difficult because of the manner in which they are translated, the validity of any interpretation of the results can be questioned. Many test translation methods exist in the literature,…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Educational Assessment, English, Foreign Countries
Turcova, Ivana; Martin, Andy; Neuman, Jan – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2005
This paper reviews literature related to outdoor terminology as it is used within the languages of British English and Czech. It provides the background to the outdoors in the Czech Republic where terminology has adopted and adapted many English language outdoor terms. The paper analyses the differences and similarities between terms and deals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Slavic Languages, English, Vocabulary
Beh, Yolanda – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research in Southeast Asia, 1992
Summaries of eight language-related research projects are presented from Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. Topics include a sociolinguistic profile, teacher and learner views of language lessons, Malay-accented English and employability, reading difficulties, language culture disjunction, placement interviews, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Employment Opportunities, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Mor, Walkyria Monte – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2006
This paper is a report of a research project on critical multiliteracies and multimodality in Brazilian education. In the context of a growing concern for the construction of images in contemporary society, the paper discusses the interrelations between image, language and interpretation. The specific object of the investigation described below is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Literacy Education, Films
Peer reviewedMultiCultural Review, 2001
Highlights new editions of work on multiculturalism; reissues of significant works on multiculturalism that had been out of print; translations; recommended additional volumes in a publisher's series; and previously published works that have been reissued in a new form such as compilations of folktales on CDs from around the world. (SM)
Descriptors: Books, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Diversity (Student)
Strickland, Dorothy S., Ed. – 1981
The four papers in this collection focus on cross-cultural concerns related to literature and literacy. The first paper discusses the development of children's literature as a field of study, and describes the emerging interest in children's literature as reflected in library collections, exhibits and book fairs, professional conferences,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
DeVito, Anthony J. – 1981
Cultural differences between the American (dominant) and Hispanic (minority) cultures and inadequate mastery of the English language are the most salient problems in measuring psychological adjustment among Hispanics in the United States. Some dimensions of psychological adjustment (perception of reality, anxiety, self-esteem, depression,…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Culture Fair Tests, Emotional Adjustment, Hispanic American Culture
Peer reviewedMetoyer-Duran, Cheryl – Public Libraries, 1993
Discusses methodological issues in cross-cultural studies of diverse communities, including language problems, data collection and analysis, sample size, and dissemination of findings. A study of the information-seeking behavior of ethnolinguistic gatekeepers in several communities in California is described. Suggestions are given for public…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Community Study, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
