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Mila Schwartz; Orit Dror – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Purpose: This study aimed to explore "why and how" the teachers' personal funds of knowledge and identity are connected to their classroom beliefs, knowledge, and practices. Design/methodology/approach: The study lasted one academic year (October 2021 - July 2022). We used multiple data sources, including semi-structured individual…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Policy, Language Usage
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Mehdiabadi, Fatemeh; Maadad, Nina; Arabmofrad, Ali – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2020
In recent years, despite the fact that many researchers have devoted much of their attention to second language attrition, not much focus has been given to first language attrition (FLA) specifically among Iranian immigrants. The present study attempts to describe FLA in the semantic domain of idiomatic expression and effect of length of residence…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Indo European Languages, Native Language, Language Role
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Tannenbaum, Michal; Tseng, Jenny – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2015
The linguistic transition that usually accompanies immigration is often related to a strong sense of split between two places, languages, identities and emotional settings. What happens, then, when people change countries and languages three, four or even five times during childhood and adolescence? In the present study, focusing on Third Culture…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Gender Differences, Self Concept, Cultural Background