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Bardel, Camilla; Gyllstad, Henrik; Tholin, Jörgen – Language Teaching, 2023
This review provides an account of salient research topics in current Swedish research in the field of foreign language (FL) education, with the aim of making locally published work available outside Sweden. A corpus of work on English and other FLs published between 2012 and 2021 has been scrutinized. Focus has been placed on research conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy
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Maria Papakosma – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2024
The aim of this article is to examine contemporary conceptualizations of cultural and linguistic diversity in the Swedish policy for early childhood education and care (ECEC). The analysis draws on in-depth interviews with high-level policy actors and the analysis of documentary material. Using the concepts of interculturality and hybridity as…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Swedish, Diversity, Foreign Countries
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Nawal Khelalfa; Mountassar-Billah Kellil – SAGE Open, 2023
There has been a considerable shift in opinion in recent years concerning the use of language learners' first language (L1) in the teaching and learning of the second language (L2). Recent research has revealed that L1 use is less problematic than once believed. That research, however, has yet to consider the multiple contextual factors affecting…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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Begum, Tahira – Power and Education, 2022
Background: Pakistan inherits a multilingual heritage. Along with Urdu, 70 different languages are spoken. The 1973 Constitution officially recognizes Urdu as Pakistan's only national language. Purpose: Until today, the adoption and promotion of Urdu as a medium of educational instruction has remained a point of controversy. Existing research…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Urdu, Official Languages, Language of Instruction
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Soili Norro – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The main focus of the article is on teachers' classroom language practices in eight primary schools in Oshana and Khomas school regions. Language ideologies and translanguaging practices were used as a theoretical framework to evaluate the language ecologies that were created by the language practices in the schools included in the research study.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Colin Reilly; Rosario Scandurra; Elvis ResCue; Kristinn Hermannsson; Angela Gayton – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Research on economic activity in Africa consistently ignores the importance of individuals' linguistic repertoires. We argue that an important contributing factor to the persistence of this lacuna is the lack of visibility of language in the social and economic data that is collected by governments through social surveys. We examine the specific…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Multilingualism
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M. Obaidul Hamid – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The ideological role of English, beyond its instrumental value, is reported to be immense. British colonial rule deployed English as an ideological tool which facilitated colonial subjugation and religious conversion. Connections between English and evangelism have widened in the postcolonial and globalising world, leading to labelling English as…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Ágnes Klein; Edina Haslauer – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2024
This study is a systemic examination of three Hungarian national curricula and their effects on minority students' education over 130 years beginning in 1777, when a uniform, state-regulated school system was created, accompanied by carefully drafted educational policies to which educational institutes had to adhere. The documents presented in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, Political Attitudes, Social Change
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Lucas, Ceil; Bayley, Robert; Hill, Joseph C.; McCaskill, Carolyn – Sign Language Studies, 2023
Recent research has shown that a distinct variety of American Sign Language, known as Black ASL, developed in the segregated schools for deaf African Americans in the US South during the pre-civil rights era. Research has also shown that in some respects Black ASL is closer than most white varieties to the standard taught in ASL classes and found…
Descriptors: Deafness, American Sign Language, Sign Language, African Americans
Mandic, Marija; Rácz, Krisztina – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2023
This article explores Yugoslav education policy in Vojvodina (Serbia), one of the most multilingual regions of the country, which was implemented in the period between the 1960s and 1980s through the school subject the 'Language of social environment' (LSE). Based on archival and field research, this case study is devoted to the school subject…
Descriptors: Hungarian, Serbocroatian, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Lee, Huan Yik; Hamid, M. Obaidul; Hardy, Ian – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
Over the past few decades, many Southeast Asian governments have promoted English language education (hereafter ELE) as a linguistic pathway for developing human capital and improving global economic competitiveness of their nations. However, Kirkpatrick (2017. Language education policy among the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Widiawati, Danik; Savski, Kristof – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
One of the features of the growing prominence of English across the globe is the proliferation of English-medium instruction (EMI) programmes at all levels of education, driven by a neoliberal agenda which places a disproportionate value on English over other languages. While this spread has primarily affected more developed, urban contexts, EMI…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Language
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Sílvia Melo-Pfeifer; Ann-Birte Krüger; Annie Lasne; Nathalie Thamin – Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices, 2024
We explore the relationship between newcomer refugee families' linguistic competencies in the language of the host country and their collaboration in and with the school. Following a case study design and through the qualitative analysis of interviews with refugee family members and school staff from a German primary school, we analyse these…
Descriptors: German, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Refugees
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Conceição, Manuel Célio – European Journal of Higher Education, 2020
In the context of education for the global world, internationalization is a strategy and a goal of higher education (HE). In many cases, the conditions for carrying out internationalization are neglected in detriment of its economic and financial impact. The definition of appropriate language policies and their relation to the organization and…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Language Planning, Educational Policy
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Al-Bataineh, Afaf – Language Policy, 2021
This article explores the linguistic tension resulting from the English-medium instruction policy at a state university in the UAE. The article is informed by a critical theoretical approach that views language policy from the vantage point of both Arabic and English. It argues that, contrary to the stated national and institutional goals, the…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Civil Rights, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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