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Attila Papp Z.; Eszter Kovács; András Kováts – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2024
The paper outlines the functioning of Hungarian weekend schools in the United Kingdom, which are key institutions in emerging diaspora communities. The paper interprets Hungarian weekend schools in two paradigms: it approaches them as diaspora institutions, and also as Anglo-Saxon supplementary schools. One of the paper's main conclusions is that,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hungarian, Day Schools, International Schools
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Lewis, Kelly; Davies, Ian – Journal of Social Science Education, 2018
Purpose: This study evaluates stances toward and characterizations of bilingual education by US editorial and letter-to-the-editor writers from 2006-2016 with references to perspectives offered in academic outputs. We are principally interested in bilingual education that supports English language proficiency (rather than heritage language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Letters (Correspondence), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Opoku-Amankwa, Kwasi – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2009
This paper, based on the findings of a qualitative study, discusses the influence of Ghana's recently introduced English-only language-in-education policy on pupils' classroom communicative practices and learning generally. It highlights how the use of English--an unfamiliar language--creates anxiety among students and stalls effective classroom…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Language of Instruction, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries
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Khan, Verity Saifullah – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1980
Describes the newly emerging debate in England known as "bilingualism and mother-tongue teaching" by discussing: (1) the general scene, including historical background and educational and minority group attitudes; (2) the main component of the mother-tongue debate embodied in administrative questions; and (3) certain features of the wider context…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Educational Attitudes, Language Attitudes
Scott, Jerrie Cobb, Ed.; Straker, Dolores Y., Ed.; Katz, Laurie, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2008
How can teachers make sound pedagogical decisions and advocate for educational policies that best serve the needs of students in today's diverse classrooms? What is the pedagogical value of providing culturally and linguistically diverse students greater access to their own language and cultural orientations? This landmark volume responds to the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Language Planning, Language of Instruction