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Direct linkKibler, Amanda; Salerno, April; Hardigree, Christine – Language and Education, 2014
Much of the debate regarding outcomes of various types of dual-language programs has focused on linguistic and academic results, and with good reason: improving the educational outcomes of language minorities and supporting societal multilingualism are vital goals. More rarely explored, however, are these programs' ethnolinguistic outcomes: the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Student Attitudes, Spanish, English (Second Language)
Akello, Dora Lucy; Timmerman, Greetje; Namusisi, Speranza – Language and Education, 2016
Uganda introduced the use of mother tongue as medium of instruction in primary schools in 2007. This was meant to promote interaction and participation in the learning process and improve children's proficiency in reading and writing. Drawing elements of interaction and participation from the socio-cultural theory, the child-centred pedagogy was…
Descriptors: Intervention, Literacy Education, Language Proficiency, Instructional Materials
Shin, Dong-shin – Language and Education, 2014
This study explores a second-grade English language learner's literacy development and ability to use blogging for social and academic purposes, in the context of learning academic writing genres in a US urban school. Grounded in sociocultural theories, it conceptualizes learning as appropriation, and language as a dynamic and functional system of…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Literacy Education, Language Usage, Semiotics
Hancock, Andy – Language and Education, 2012
This article builds on the growing research interest in complementary schooling in England and internationally but a field of study less well trodden in Scotland. It takes a socio-cultural view of literacy learning and demonstrates how in a Chinese complementary school in central Scotland, spaces are created for children of primary-school age to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction
Burnett, Cathy – Language and Education, 2011
This paper highlights the significance of teacher identity to debates about the disconnect between digital literacies within and beyond school by exploring pre-service teachers' perspectives on digital literacy practices in their personal and professional lives. It uses aspects of Giddens' work on self-identity to frame an analysis that suggests…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Information Literacy, Self Concept, Preservice Teachers
Markose, Susan; Hellsten, Meeri – Language and Education, 2009
This article investigates the home literacy practices of two immigrant families, one each of Lebanese and Chinese descent. It explores the consequences of mismatches between home and school literacy practices in relation to mainstream academic outcomes. Two mothers of the families in this study are interviewed about their beliefs and parenting…
Descriptors: Parenting Styles, Migrant Children, Literacy, Immigrants
