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Thieme, Anne-Mieke M. M.; Hanekamp, Kyra; Andringa, Sible; Verhagen, Josje; Kuiken, Folkert – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2022
This systematic review investigates the effects of foreign language programmes in early childhood education and care (ECEC), which are increasingly popular. Foreign language ECEC centres familiarise very young children with a foreign language, and in general also expose them to the majority language. This review synthesises research on the effects…
Descriptors: Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Early Childhood Education
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Baker, Will; Fang, Fan – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2021
A frequently stated aim of the increasing internationalisation of higher education (HE) is the incorporation of intercultural elements. This has recently been conceptualised through the notion of intercultural citizenship with universities promising to equip graduates with the necessary knowledge and skills to engage in global workplaces and…
Descriptors: International Education, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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O'Hanlon, Fiona; Paterson, Lindsay – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2017
This paper investigates the factors influencing the likelihood of choice of Gaelic-medium primary education in Scotland by means of the analysis of a national survey of public attitudes conducted in 2012. Binary logistic regression is used to investigate the association of five dimensions found in previous literature to be associated with the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Language Minorities, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Drewelow, Isabelle; Mitchell, Claire – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015
This article reports on an exploratory study, which examines learners' rating of culture in relation to other concepts in advanced Spanish courses and their justification of the ratings attributed. Open-ended responses, elicited from a questionnaire completed by 179 respondents, were analysed line by line using an interpretive approach. Data…
Descriptors: Spanish, Advanced Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kim, Catherine E.; Pyun, Danielle O. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2014
How heritage learners successfully maintain their heritage language (HL) and literacy is a significant topic of discussion in the field of bilingual education. This study examines what factors are most closely associated with literacy competence by inspecting Korean heritage learners' language and literacy practice patterns and their literacy…
Descriptors: Korean, Language Maintenance, Literacy, Writing Evaluation
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de Luna, Inaki Martinez; Suberbiola, Pablo – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
After the experience of many years of teaching in two or three languages, the Basque speech community needs to know not merely how much students achieve in each language and what level of proficiency they attain but also which language they use, how often they use each language, and the relationship between language use and other variables. This…
Descriptors: Grade 6, English (Second Language), Indo European Languages, Language Usage