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Direct linkNic Aindriú, Sinéad – Language and Education, 2022
There have been many instances when parents have been advised by educational professionals against bilingualism or immersion education for their child with special educational needs (SEN). Some parents follow the advice given and decide to use only one language with their child, mainly the majority language of the community. This study…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Decision Making, Special Needs Students, Irish
Smithee, Allen – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study is framed in Bourdieu's theory of capital, which asserts that the choices we make are usually designed to help us become better off economically; that economic capital is, to some degree, exchangeable with other types of capital (e.g., social and cultural); and that other types of capital can be exchanged for economic capital. The…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Cultural Capital, Immersion Programs, English
MacQuarrie, Sarah; Lyon, Fiona; Dawson, Susan – Language and Education, 2021
The introduction of assessment orientated policy in 2016 marks a significant change in Scottish education as it will establish standardised national testing. Teachers in Gaelic medium education are well placed to offer insights as they have had considerable autonomy regarding assessment and this paper is the first to consider the impact of this…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Indo European Languages, Educational Policy, Standardized Tests
Wright, Adrienne C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Spanish-speaking parents choose to enroll their children in either an English only or English-Spanish dual immersion program when presented with both choices. This ethnographic study explored parent's perceptions of the purpose, advantages, and disadvantages of learning in school in English only or in a dual English-Spanish. Through focus group…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Acculturation
Jeurissen, Maree – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2014
Te reo Maori, the Indigenous language of Aotearoa (New Zealand), remains 'endangered' despite concentrated ongoing efforts to reverse declining numbers of speakers. Most of these efforts have focused on te reo Maori immersion education settings as these were considered the most effective means to ensure the survival of the language (May &…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Malayo Polynesian Languages, Foreign Countries
Dorner, Lisa M. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2015
While much research has demonstrated that English-only rhetoric negatively affects bilingual education for the children of US immigrants, few studies have examined the local negotiations and discourses that shape the development of multilingual programming for English-speaking students. Across the USA, educational leaders and policy-makers today…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Self Concept, Educational Benefits, Second Language Learning
Download full textLee, Soyong – Multicultural Education, 2014
In this article, the author explores the phenomenon of children's language choice and language use in a Korean-English two-way immersion (TWI) program. She does so by drawing on situations in which the children spoke of the principles guiding their choice of languages, and instances in which they voluntarily adopted Korean as the means of…
Descriptors: Language Usage, English, Korean, Bilingualism
