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Michelle Bernice Smith; Margaret Early; Maureen Kendrick – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In this qualitative study, we draw on theory and practice in relation to the concepts of "fixity" and "fluidity" in language education (i.e. the simultaneity of bounded, named languages; and the need to transcend language boundaries). We use data from focus group interviews to investigate the entangled ideological dilemmas…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Swedish, Second Language Learning
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Skinner, David C. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1985
Explores the "language/learning connection" as it relates to certain basic elements of the learning process and the development of language proficiency. Provides a new conceptual framework that links language proficiency, language acquisition, and learning. Analyzes the implication of this construct for learning through use of one's primary…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency, Learning Processes, Learning Theories