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Download full textMcLachlan, Kathryn; Essien, Anthony A. – Pythagoras, 2022
This article presents a systematic review of research on language and multilingualism in mathematics education published in the South African journal Pythagoras from 1994 to 2021. This time frame was chosen as the year 1994 marked the acknowledgement of 11 official languages in the new democratic South Africa (including 9 indigenous languages),…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Multilingualism, Mathematics Education, Periodicals
Todisco, Vincenzo – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2020
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise description of the European minority language, Italian in Switzerland, in education. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects such as the number of schools,…
Descriptors: Italian, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Elementary Education
Gardner, Nick, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2020
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise description of the European minority language, Basque or "Euskara" in Spain, in education. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects such as the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Languages, Language Minorities, Native Language Instruction
Vanco, Ildikó, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2020
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise description of the European minority language, Hungarian in Slovakia, in education. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects such as the number of schools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Minorities, Native Language Instruction, Second Language Instruction
Hettema, Lieuwe Jan, Comp.; Outakoski, Hanna, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2020
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise description of the European minority language, Sámi in Sweden, in education. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects such as the number of schools,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Languages, Preschool Education, Elementary Education
Direct linkWillans, Fiona; Leung, Constant – Language Teaching, 2016
With global attention currently focused on the challenge of providing Education for All (UNESCO 2000), we must ensure that the language of teaching and learning remains a topic on the agenda towards making sure that the education being provided is effective. This is therefore a critical time to review medium of instruction debates, and to reassess…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Language of Instruction, Native Language, Foreign Countries
Hagan, Linda, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2020
The aim of the Regional dossiers series is to provide a concise description of European minority languages in education. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects such as the number of schools, teachers,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Minorities, Native Language Instruction, Language Usage
Vallerie, Meriadeg, Comp.; Bouroulleg, Catherine, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2019
Breton ("Brezhoneg") is an indigenous Celtic language spoken only in Brittany (a peninsula in western France). Nowadays most Breton speakers live in the western part of Brittany ("Breizh-Izel," also called 'Lower Brittany'). However, there are also speakers in the eastern part ("Breizh-Uhel," 'Upper Brittany'),…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indo European Languages, Geographic Regions, Language Usage
MacQuarrie, Sarah; Lyon, Fiona – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
This paper tackles the important question of practitioner engagement and is the first to present an overview of relevant Gaelic medium education (GME) research. Following the formal inception in 1985, GME is now more widely available across Scotland. An overview of GME is presented and situates provision within the other Celtic minority languages…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Indo European Languages, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction
Csernicskó, István, Comp.; Orosz, Ildikó, Comp. – Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning, 2019
This regional dossier aims to provide a concise description of European minority languages in education. Aspects that are addressed include features of the education system, recent educational policies, main actors, legal arrangements and support structures, as well as quantitative aspects such as the number of schools, teachers, pupils, and…
Descriptors: Hungarian, Foreign Countries, Preschool Education, Elementary Education
Ruiz de Zarobe, Yolanda; Cenoz, Jasone – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015
The aim of this paper is to reflect on the theoretical and methodological underpinnings that provide the basis for an understanding of Content-Based Instruction/Content and Language Integrated Learning (CBI/CLIL) in the field and its relevance in education in the twenty-first century. It is argued that the agenda of CBI/CLIL needs to move towards…
Descriptors: Course Content, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language of Instruction
Essien, Anthony A. – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to provide a systematic review of research that has been carried out between 2006 and 2016 on the role of language in early grade (Grades 1-4) mathematics teaching and learning in three countries--Kenya, Malawi and South Africa. These countries were selected because they have similar characteristics: teaching and…
Descriptors: Language Role, Language of Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Students
White, Peter R. R.; Mammone, Giuseppe; Caldwell, David – Language and Education, 2015
This chapter addresses the issue of pedagogy and bilingual/multilingual education: how best to match teaching-and-learning approaches to the literacy development needs of students in multilingual educational settings. More specifically, it makes the case for what is known as the "Sydney school" genre-based literacy development approach.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Styles, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism
Meyer, Oliver; Coyle, Do; Halbach, Ana; Schuck, Kevin; Ting, Teresa – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015
Over the past decades content and language integrated learning (CLIL) research has predominantly focused on the language proficiency of CLIL learners. The results are very promising and show that working language skills in learners, especially reading and listening skills, can be improved through a CLIL programme. Studies focusing on subject…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Course Content, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Lin, Angel M. Y. – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2015
Content and language integrated learning (CLIL) is a rapidly growing area of both research and practice in all parts of the world, especially in Europe and Asia. As a young discipline, CLIL has a good potential of distinguishing itself from monolingual L2 immersion education models by becoming more flexible and balanced about the role of L1 in…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Course Content
