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Welsh-Medium Education.
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Edwards, D. Gareth – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1984
Examines the effect in the primary and secondary school levels of teaching through the medium of Welsh and the response of the University of Wales. The media and the educational system are two formal social organizations which help the threatened Welsh language to survive. Another would be the establishment of a Welsh-medium university. (SED)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Maintenance
Schools in Ethnic Minorities: Wales.
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Thomas, Beryl – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1986
Describes the history of the status of the Welsh language from the Acts of Union in 1536 and 1543 to the present day. The teaching of Welsh in the country's primary and secondary schools and career and employment opportunities in the the Welsh language are also discussed. (SED)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Diachronic Linguistics, Educational History, Educational Policy
Use of the Mother Tongue in Second Language Classrooms: An Experimental Investigation of Effects on the Attitudes and Writing Performance of Bilingual UK Schoolchildren.
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Garrett, Peter; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
A study of mother tongue (MT) use in second-language classrooms was conducted in United Kingdom primary schools in two bilingual settings: North Wales (Welsh/English) and Lancashire (Mirpur Punjabi/English). Prewriting activities were carried out with comparable pairs of classes (MT or English, second language). Although attitudes in the MT groups…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)