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Louise Lennon Malbasha; Jocelyn Dautel; Laura K. Taylor – Irish Educational Studies, 2024
Knowledge of symbols, which can be influenced by school ethos, informs identity construction in primary school children. This study aimed to explore Gaelscoil (Irish-medium) and English-medium primary school children's familiarity with Irish and European symbols. Thirty 9-12-year-old children in Ireland participated in this study; 15 from two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Knowledge Level, Irish
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Hendriks, Berna; van Meurs, Frank; Usmany, Nina – Language Teaching Research, 2023
The rapid spread of English medium instruction (EMI) across the globe has led to a growing number of non-native lecturers teaching in English to student populations that are increasingly international. The aim of the present study was to investigate to what extent lecturers with slight or moderate Dutch accents or native British English accents…
Descriptors: Pronunciation, Native Speakers, Indo European Languages, Language of Instruction
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Dunstan, Stephany Brett; Jaeger, Audrey J. – Journal of Higher Education, 2015
The dialects that college students speak represent a type of diversity that can influence many elements of their experiences in college, including academic experiences. In this study, we examined the influence of speaking a stigmatized dialect on academic experiences for White and African American students (both male and female) from rural…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, African American Students, Language Variation, Educational Experience
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Lesser, Lawrence M.; Wagler, Amy E.; Esquinca, Alberto; Valenzuela, M. Guadalupe – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2013
The framework of linguistic register and case study research on Spanish-speaking English language learners (ELLs) learning statistics informed the construction of a quantitative instrument, the Communication, Language, And Statistics Survey (CLASS). CLASS aims to assess whether ELLs and non-ELLs approach the learning of statistics differently with…
Descriptors: Surveys, Native Speakers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning