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Nordstrom, Janica – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
Community language schools have grown to become significant educational language providers worldwide. Schools operate as global grassroot initiatives (Liddicoat and Taylor-Leech [2014]. "Micro Language Planning for Multilingual Education: Agency in Local Contexts." "Current Issues in Language Planning" 15 (3): 237-244.), and…
Descriptors: Community Schools, Native Language Instruction, Bilingual Education, Immigrants
Nordstrom, Janica; Jung, Yong Moon – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
This study explores community language school teachers' access to classroom resources and school facilities within a framework of educational equity. Community language schools are significant language education providers that exist worldwide. In Australia, as elsewhere in the world, these schools often borrow a classroom at a mainstream school to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Community Schools, Equal Education, Second Language Learning
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Nordstrom, Janica – Language and Education, 2016
In the past decade, there has been increased scholarly interest in the purpose and functions of community language schools, also known as heritage, supplementary or complementary schools. In particular, previous studies have focused on schools operating in minority communities deriving from Asian and Eastern-European countries, showing that…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Middle Class, Community Schools, Swedish
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Nordstrom, Janica – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2015
Community language schools are complementary schools set up and run by minority communities in Australia. They aim to assist in intergenerational language and identity transmission, but previous research has indicated that these schools position their students in monolingual ways that contradicts how bilingual speakers use their language in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Online Courses, Interaction, Community Schools