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Complementary Schools as 'Breathing Spaces': Identity, Multilingualism and Critical Pedagogies in Heritage Language Education
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Carmen Silvestri – Language and Education, 2025
Whilst mainstream schools in England may encourage multilingualism by insisting on the study of foreign languages, multilingual children are not always provided with support for the maintenance of their heritage languages and cultures. In response to this shortcoming, communities organise themselves to support their young members by setting up…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Schools, Native Language, Multilingualism
Creating More Opportunities through Multimodal Literacy and Positioning in Online and In-Person Chinese Heritage Language Classrooms
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Aijuan Cun – Language and Education, 2025
The manuscript describes Chinese immigrant children's literacy and identity in online and in-person Chinese heritage language classrooms. The theoretical perspectives on multimodality and positioning theory are utilized as theoretical perspectives. The data were collected with the same heritage language teacher and the students during the COVID-19…
Descriptors: Chinese, Native Language, Immigrants, Children