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"A Smooth Transition or a Giant Leap?" the Challenges Posed by the Transition from Secondary Education to Higher Education in Relation to EMI in Sri Lanka
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Mahawaha, Nadee; Rassool, Romola – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Although bilingual education has been offered in some schools of Sri Lanka since 2001, primary and secondary school education has been conducted mainly in the first language (L1), that is, Sinhala/Tamil. As a result, most students sit for the General Certificate of Education -- Advanced Level (GCE (A/L) examination, which determines university…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Native Language, Dravidian Languages
An Exploration of Agency in the Localisation of Open Educational Resources for Teacher Development
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Wolfenden, Freda; Adinolfi, Lina – Learning, Media and Technology, 2019
This study examines the practice of adaptation and translation (localisation) of Open Educational Resources (OER). It employs a sociocultural perspective to focus on the experiences of practitioners (localisers) who undertook the localisation of a suite of 125 OER created as part of a teacher professional development programme in India. This…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Faculty Development, Curriculum Development, Translation
Languages for Learning: A Framework for Implementing India's Multilingual Language-in-Education Policy
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Mahapatra, Santosh Kumar; Anderson, Jason – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
This paper proposes a framework for multilingual language-in-education policy implementation, offered as a critically constructive response to India's recent "National Education Policy 2020" (GOI, 2020). Rooted in India's existing educational language policy, our linguistically inclusive 'Languages for Learning' (LFL) framework is, we…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Outcomes of Education, Multilingualism, Language of Instruction