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He, Shuhua; Yang, Lu; Leung, Genevieve; Zhou, Qing; Tong, Rosina; Uchikoshi, Yuuko – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
Building on research that has demonstrated the benefits of Dual-Language Bilingual Education (DLBE) programmes on students' bilingual, academic, and cross-cultural development (Lindholm-Leary and Hernández 2011), this study examines the links between dual language proficiency and competence in elementary students enrolled in a Cantonese DLBE…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Bilingual Education Programs, Academic Achievement, Language Skills
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Noro, Hiroko – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
Today, Japanese Canadians are marrying outside of their ethnic community at an unprecedented rate, resulting in the creation of a newly identifiable group of "Japanese Canadians" borne from these interracial unions. Members of this emergent group are increasingly being referred to both by social scientists and self-referentially as…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Identification (Psychology), Cultural Background, Multiracial Persons
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Fahmy, Jane Jackson; Bilton, Linda – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1992
Presents results of a background survey and proficiency test of student teachers at Sultan Qaboos University in the Sultanate of Oman. TEFL student teachers lacked confidence in their speaking ability but had a positive attitude toward the use and study of English in their country. (61 references) (LT)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency