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Tannenbaum, Michal; Peleg, Galit – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
This paper reports on a study that examined patterns of language maintenance and use -- standard Persian as well as dozens of dialects spoken by Jews in provincial towns -- among three generations of Israeli residents of Iranian origin. Issues of identity, acculturation, and the immigration experience were explored through a language prism as well…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Language Maintenance, Language Usage
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Demie, Feyisa – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
English as an additional language (EAL) and language diversity attract much interest amongst policymakers and educationists; yet little is known about the performance in English schools of EAL pupils who are not fluent in English and speak different languages at home. The findings of the aggregated data confirm that EAL pupils achieved less well…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Educational Policy, Academic Achievement
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Ehala, Martin – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
This paper provides a broad comparative summary of all the cases addressed in the Special Issue "Hot and cold ethnicities in post-Soviet space." The aim of the summary is to pinpoint the major features that have an impact on the ethnic temperatures in the social settings studied. This paper argues that ethnic, national, civic and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity, Self Concept
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Kosmarskaya, Natalya – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
This paper explores the identity and the social/political behaviour of Russians in post-Soviet Central Asia through a comparison with the Baltic countries via a "hot and cold ethnicity" paradigm. Central Asian Russians are more likely, ceteris paribus, to be found at the "cold" end of the spectrum of "ethnic…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Self Concept, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
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Polese, Abel – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
The end of the cold war prompted most of the former Soviet republics to face ethnic issues that had remained latent or intangible for decades. Whilst some ethnic groups were actively campaigning for their rights, some others seemed uninterested in being represented politically. The recent theory of hot and cold ethnicity has been conceived to…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions, Ethnic Groups