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MacQuarrie, Sarah; Lyon, Fiona – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
This paper tackles the important question of practitioner engagement and is the first to present an overview of relevant Gaelic medium education (GME) research. Following the formal inception in 1985, GME is now more widely available across Scotland. An overview of GME is presented and situates provision within the other Celtic minority languages…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Indo European Languages, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction
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Sakamoto, Mitsuyo – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2012
Compared with other countries in Asia, Japan is far behind in terms of introducing and delivering bilingual education, let alone effective immersion programmes. In order to make its citizens more bilingual, Japan has been introducing innovative measures including the implementation of the teaching of English in elementary education and a new…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Cheng, Liying – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2012
Research has demonstrated that second language immersion is an effective means of facilitating primary school students' second language acquisition without undermining their competence in their first language. Despite the rapid growth of Chinese-English bilingual programmes in China, limited empirical research has been conducted thus far by which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries
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Trueba, Henry T.; Wright, Pamela G. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1981
Summarizes ethnohistorical development of modern ethnography and assesses potential of this research methodology for study of bilingual classroom interactions. Looks at bilingual classroom from standpoint of conceptual and analytical problems to be faced in dealing with a bilingual and bicultural population. (Author/BK)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Ethnography, Interaction Process Analysis
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Thomson, Derick S. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1984
Discusses the factors affecting the relationship between a program of publishing in Gaelic and the readership the program serves. These factors include the push for bilingual education at the primary school level, the emphasis on local and folk culture, and the economics of publishing for a comparatively small readership. (SED)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Cultural Activities, Educational Policy
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Tsow, Ming – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1983
Discusses (1) the linguistic reality of modern British society, (2) the bilingual issues posed by voluntary self-help education in mother-tongue teaching, (3) the main conclusions of research evidence on bilingual learning, (4) specific considerations for a strategy for change, and (5) an overview of official governmental responses to the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
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Alford, Margaret R. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1987
Discusses how linguistic and ethnological investigation have been key factors in the establishment of an indigenous bilingual education program with the Karaja Amerindians in Brazil. Program elements described include study of both Karaja and Portuguese with indigenous bilingual teachers; production of culturally and linguistically appropriate…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Development, Portuguese
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Beardsmore, Hugo Baetens – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1993
European Community initiatives in language management include educational models involved in promoting mastery of at least three languages. The Luxembourg model outlines a trilingual program for the whole school population; the European School model, a complex multilingual program; and the Foyer Project, plans for immigrant minorities to move into…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Language Planning
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Baetens Beardsmore, Hugo; Swain, Merrill – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1985
Compares two different types of bilingual education programs--the Canadian immersion programs, designed primarily for foreign language enrichment, and the European School bilingual education program, designed primarily for language maintenance. Achievement scores for both approaches were comparable, pointing to the importance of environment and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Comparative Analysis, French, Immersion Programs
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Swain, Merrill; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1981
Summarizes an evaluation of an early French immersion program at grades 6 and 8. In English language skills, immersion students performed as well as, or better than, English-only program groups; in mathematics and sciences, immersion students did as well as their comparison group. Other findings are discussed. (PJM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Elementary Education
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Spolsky, Bernard; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1983
The educational policy of the kingdom of Tonga, located in the South Pacific, boasts a high level of literacy in both English and the vernacular language (Tongan), making this country a thriving example of national biliteracy. While written English serves external relations, higher level administrative or educational functions, written Tongan…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communications, Diglossia, Educational Policy
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Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1984
Examines three Nordic bilingual programs: (1) immersion, where majority children with a high status mother tongue learn a second language; (2) submersion, where minority children with a low status mother tongue are forced to learn the majority language; and (3) language shelter, where minority children learn the majority language as a second…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Finnish, Immersion Programs
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Sondergaard, Bent; Byram, Michael – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Discusses the role played by German schools in Denmark in the maintenance of the minority's identity and describes those constraints and tensions which are due to the symbolic value of German. The interrelationship of pedagogical problems and potential solutions with the perceptions fundamental to the minority group's identity are highlighted.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Curriculum Problems, Educational Policy
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Novak-Lukanovic, Sonja – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1988
Because Yugoslavia is a multinational, culturally pluralistic, and multilingual society, one of its educational aims is to develop the motivation for the equal use of its languages, so that the languages of national minorities/nationalities become appropriate instruments for communication in public and social life and are not restricted to usage…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes
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Fortune, David; Fortune, Gretchen – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1987
Describes a model of bilingual-bicultural education developed for the Karaja, an indigenous group in Brazil whose language had previously been unwritten. Factors of the literacy-based model's success include indigenous teachers; teacher-developed innovations and didactic materials for the bilingual classroom; and a team-teaching approach.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Foreign Countries, Instructional Development
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