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Owodally, Ambarin Mooznah Auleear – Language and Education, 2014
The present study was carried out in the context of the recent (2012) introduction of Kreol in the primary school curriculum in Mauritius. The time-tabling of Kreol as an optional subject offered at the same time as the other existing ancestral languages, institutionalised Kreol as an ancestral language, despite its status as a national language.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Urdu, Cultural Pluralism, Textbooks
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Morgan, Candia – Language and Education, 2005
National Numeracy Strategy (NNS) guidance appears to characterise mathematical language as a set of specialist words with unambiguous definitions, yet analysis of the classroom transcript suggests that at least some mathematical concepts cannot be captured by such definitions. This paper explores the notion of definition within mathematics,…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Definitions, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction