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Jennifer Altavilla; Paula Elosua; Guillermo Solano-Flores – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
We examined the influence of language and socioeconomic factors on academic achievement in the Basque Autonomous Community (BAC): a multilingual society with a recent history of language revitalisation. We analysed scores obtained by Grade 4 and Grade 10 students on a diagnostic mathematics test administered in either Basque or Spanish in the BAC.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Language Maintenance, Native Language
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Widiawati, Danik; Savski, Kristof – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
One of the features of the growing prominence of English across the globe is the proliferation of English-medium instruction (EMI) programmes at all levels of education, driven by a neoliberal agenda which places a disproportionate value on English over other languages. While this spread has primarily affected more developed, urban contexts, EMI…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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Demie, Feyisa – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
English as an additional language (EAL) and language diversity attract much interest amongst policymakers and educationists; yet little is known about the performance in English schools of EAL pupils who are not fluent in English and speak different languages at home. The findings of the aggregated data confirm that EAL pupils achieved less well…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Educational Policy, Academic Achievement