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Jonsson, Carla – Classroom Discourse, 2019
In a bilingual school, the linguistic and semiotic resources of students who speak one, two or several languages can be used in classroom discourse in order to embrace and strengthen the multiplicity of voices and languages in teaching and learning. In this article, four English language lessons -- where the medium of instruction mainly oscillates…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Bilingual Schools
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Rusk, Fredrik; Pörn, Michaela; Sahlström, Fritjof – Classroom Discourse, 2016
Using the first language (L1) to solve problems in understanding the second language (L2) may be beneficial for L2 learning. However, the overuse of L1 may deprive L2 learners of exposure to the L2. It appears that the question is not whether to use L1 or L2; it is when and how each language can be used to support L2 learning. This study focuses…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Epistemology, Native Language, Comprehension
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Malmström, Hans; Mežek, Špela; Pecorari, Diane; Shaw, Philip; Irvine, Aileen – Classroom Discourse, 2017
In some academic settings where English is not the first language it is nonetheless common for reading to be assigned in English, and the expectation is often that students will acquire subject terminology incidentally in the first language as well as in English as a result of listening and reading. It is then a prerequisite that students notice…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Video Technology, Undergraduate Students
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Gynne, Annaliina – Classroom Discourse, 2019
This article examines multilingual interactions in an upper secondary Language Introduction Programme (LIP) classroom in Sweden. The LIPs, highly affected by both glocal linguistic and cultural diversity and the monolingual-monocultural habitus of the surrounding society, offer recently arrived immigrant youth (ages 16-19) education where emphasis…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Swedish, Cultural Pluralism
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Amir, Alia; Musk, Nigel – Classroom Discourse, 2013
This article examines what we call "micro-level language policy-in-process"--that is, how a target--language-only policy emerges "in situ" in the foreign language classroom. More precisely, we investigate the role of "language policing", the mechanism deployed by the teacher and/or pupils to (re-)establish the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction, Foreign Countries