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The Politics and Praxis of Academic English: Toward Antiracist Language Pedagogy
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Maamuujav, Undarmaa; Hardacre, Bahiyyih – TESOL Journal, 2022
Academic English has drawn criticism for its hegemonic status, and its dominance and legitimization as an "appropriate" language variety within academic and mainstream discourse communities have been problematized for stigmatizing home languages and dialects of multilingual and multidialectal students. However, students' proficiency in…
Descriptors: Academic Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency
A Multimodal Literacy Approach to Foreign Language Instruction
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Mohammed-Ahmed, Hamid – Applied Language Learning, 2021
Multimodal approaches to second-language learning can boost language proficiency (Ajayi, 2009) by providing foreign-language learners with greater exposure to the target language's culture, enabling multiple-literacy competencies in the target language, and appealing to students' learning preferences. This article aims to present a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Multimedia Instruction, Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning
Chinese Students' Engagement with Linguistic Landscapes during a Summer School in Scotland
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Hancock, Andy – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This article examines visiting Chinese undergraduate students' engagement with the linguistic landscape (LL) in the city of Edinburgh as they participated in a University summer school. A pedagogical approach was taken involving capturing LL on display during a 'camera safari'; reflecting on questions through dialogic discussion and in writing and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Public Speaking, Intervention, Multilingualism
Capitalism, Immigration, Language and Literacy: Mapping a Politicized Reading of a Policy Assemblage
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Masny, Diana; Waterhouse, Monica – Policy Futures in Education, 2016
Immigration for Australia and Canada is critical to sustain economic growth. Each country's immigration policy stems from its vision of a nation that includes the role of language and literacy and a program of economic outcomes. While the authors acknowledge that economic integration through employment dominates immigration policies in Canada and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Social Systems, Immigration
A Pluriliteracies Approach to Content and Language Integrated Learning--Mapping Learner Progressions in Knowledge Construction and Meaning-Making
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Meyer, Oliver; Coyle, Do; Halbach, Ana; Schuck, Kevin; Ting, Teresa – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015
Over the past decades content and language integrated learning (CLIL) research has predominantly focused on the language proficiency of CLIL learners. The results are very promising and show that working language skills in learners, especially reading and listening skills, can be improved through a CLIL programme. Studies focusing on subject…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Course Content, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. Fifth Edition. Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
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Baker, Colin – Multilingual Matters, 2011
The fifth edition of this bestselling book provides a comprehensive introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education. In a compact and clear style, its 19 chapters cover all the crucial issues in bilingualism at individual, group and national levels. These include: (1) defining who is bilingual and multilingual; (2) testing language abilities…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Language Planning, Teacher Effectiveness, Bilingual Education