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Phoebe Maria Blanca S. Merino; Romylyn A. Metila – Language and Education, 2024
Producing local materials is a challenge to mother tongue education programs especially in linguistically diverse contexts. To address this, a five-day teacher training program on materials localization for K-3 teachers in a linguistically diverse area in the Philippines was designed and implemented. The program was based on frameworks about…
Descriptors: Native Language Instruction, Instructional Materials, Elementary School Students, Kindergarten
Beaudrie, Sara M.; Loza, Sergio – Language Awareness, 2023
As Spanish heritage language (SHL) programs grow nationwide, SHL program directors (PD) are tasked with negotiating the intricacies of either building an SHL program from scratch or carving space for a program that, unlike second language (L2) programs, are not institutionalised. Considering the evidence of deeply embedded dominant language…
Descriptors: Spanish, Heritage Education, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Holguín Mendoza, Claudia – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2018
Experts in the field have advocated for critical approaches to Spanish heritage language (HL) curricula in which learners' proficiency in the language varieties that they bring from their homes and communities is considered an asset and culturally valuable knowledge. The proposal described here focuses on the adoption of a programmatic…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Critical Theory, Teaching Methods, Academic Achievement
Lang, Nora W. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2019
This study investigated structural features of a newcomer program housed within a comprehensive high school and language practices among newcomer students and their teachers. Findings indicate efforts to provide newcomer students with "safe spaces," opportunities for language and literacy development in English and Spanish, and access to…
Descriptors: Immigrants, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Code Switching (Language)
Beaudrie, Sara; Ducar, Cynthia; Relano-Pastor, Ana Maria – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2009
Spanish heritage language (SHL) programmes in post-secondary institutions must continue to redesign their curricula to accommodate the needs of a growing Latino population with a broad range of bilingual competencies. Despite the proliferation of research in heritage languages, pedagogically based research that incorporates students' voices is…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Heritage Education, Spanish, Curriculum Design
Tadadjeu, Maurice – 1980
The basic hypothesis of this study is that language education could be more effective if planning were to aim at developing an individual functional trilingualism involving a first (indigenous) language, a second African (national) language, and an official (foreign) language. The study covers the following matters: (1) a survey of developments in…
Descriptors: African Languages, Economic Factors, Educational Policy, Indigenous Populations
Campbell, Russell N.; Lindholm, Kathryn J. – 1987
Three successful school program models designed to help language minority students conserve the language skills acquired in their homes and continue normal native language development are described. The programs were developed to counteract a trend toward wasting valuable existing language skills and resources. The programs include: (1) an…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Experimental Programs
Birch, Gary – 1996
This paper describes a limited bilingual approach developed for Vietnamese immigrants whose formal schooling had been interrupted due to extended periods in refugee camps, and its implementation in the Milpera Special School (Queensland, Australia), a secondary school for children of Non-English-Speaking Backgrounds (NESB). The initiative was…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Concept Formation, Educational Experience, Educational Strategies