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M. Raadha Krishnan; Sharon Sharmini – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
Diasporic Indian languages in Malaysia are unique and distinguishable from their native variants. Past studies have indicated that dominant languages tend to overpower minority languages in multilingual communities, hence causing languages to shift. The aims of this study are to identify the language choices of Malaysian Tamils and to what extent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Minorities, Minority Groups, Ethnic Groups
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Christina Hedman; Linda Fisher – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This paper builds on a collaborative pilot project on "Critical Multilingual Language Awareness" (CMLA) in a linguistically diverse Preparatory Class with migrant adolescents in Sweden. Importantly, the approach involved Multilingual Study Mentors (MSMs), whose role normally is to provide scaffolding in the strongest language of recently…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Metalinguistics, Immigrants, Swedish