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Chardenet, Patrick; Ferreira-Meyers, Karen – European Journal of Higher Education, 2020
In the process of internationalization of universities, the articulation between local and global contexts depends on various factors including that of linguistic capital, that is to say, the sum of resources and language skills that allow stakeholders, teachers, researchers and students to participate in different levels of knowledge flows. To…
Descriptors: Universities, Language Usage, Knowledge Management, Global Approach
Ee-Ling Low – TESOL Journal, 2025
Singapore is an ethnically, linguistically, and culturally diverse nation-state that has always practiced deliberate language policy and planning. The bilingual education policy, introduced shortly after the young nation's independence has led to the emergence of English-knowing bilinguals who are proficient in both English and their ethnically…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Bilingualism
Halai, Anjum; Karuku, Simon – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2013
In this paper, we examine selected literature on classroom-based research to understand how students and teachers (re)negotiate the language of interaction in a mathematics classroom when the official medium of instruction is different from the students' dominant language. We identify the tensions and dilemmas associated with the implementation of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Multilingualism, Language Dominance, Language Usage
Hays, Jennifer – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2009
Two international conferences held in southern Africa in 2005 gathered education and language experts to discuss practical, theoretical, and political aspects of the development of African languages for education. Despite the diversity of the participants, there was unanimous agreement that the economic and social benefits of providing…
Descriptors: African Languages, Language Dominance, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries
Rinsdale, Murray – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2007
This essay attempts to answer some of the basic assumptions made about English as a global language. It is argued that such assumptions, especially those concerning political and economic power, are not sufficient in themselves to explain why English has acquired such global importance. Rather, what has greatly contributed to the possibility for…
Descriptors: English for Special Purposes, Global Approach, English (Second Language), Language Role
Ritchie, Annabelle – Babel, 2004
Language ecology, a term developed by Haugen (2001), describes the relationship between languages and the environment in which they exist; that is, how they grow, change, interact and adapt in a Darwinian-like quest for survival. Of the 6000 or so languages in existence today, some are spoken by vast numbers of people, but others are used by very…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Sociolinguistics, Language Maintenance
Cho, Grace; Shin, Fay; Krashen, Stephen – Multicultural Education, 2004
Heritage languages (HL) are language spoken by the children of immigrants or by those who immigrated to a country when young. The purpose of this article is to briefly review what is known about heritage language development over time and to identify some gaps in people's knowledge. In this article, the authors consider three aspects: how much HL…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Heritage Education
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove – 1990
The ideal of a world where bilingualism or multilingualism is a normal and accepted feature is promoted in a commissioned report for International Literacy Year. It is noted that many minority groups are forced into bilingualism as a necessity for survival, but that those skills are rarely seen as an advantage and often seen as a cause of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Civil Liberties, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
City Univ. of New York, NY. Centro de Estudios Puertorriguenos. – 1980
Research in a Puerto Rican community in New York City was undertaken to explore the language climate in that community, which included the linguistic forms in use, their distribution and functions in daily life, community members' attitudes toward language, and the way in which language phenomena are influenced by various social factors. An…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cultural Influences, English, Hispanic Americans
British Council, London (England). English Language and Literature Div. – 1984
A survey of the status and use of the English language in Algeria is presented. The following topics are outlined: (1) the role of English as a third language, (2) its place within the educational system at all levels and in each graduate institution, (3) the status of British expatriates teaching English in Algeria and of Algerian teachers of…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
British Council, London (England). English Language and Literature Div. – 1983
A profile of the role and status of the English language in Lesotho, Africa, is presented. The following topics are outlined: (1) the extent of the use of English as the second official language; (2) instruction in English at the elementary and secondary levels and at each of the postsecondary institutions in the country; (3) the number, ratio,…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)