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'I Think It's Boring if You Now Only Speak English': Enhancing Learner Investment in EFL Learning through the Use of Plurilingual Tasks
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Cutrim Schmid, Euline – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
Purpose: This paper presents findings of a classroom-based research project that investigated the use of plurilingual tasks in the English as a foreign language (EFL) teaching context. The project aimed at examining: (1) the impact of the use of plurilingual tasks on language learning processes and learners' identity construction; and (2) the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Multilingualism
'When I See Them -- I Think It's Me': Multilingual Teaching Staff's Agency Enactment in a Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classroom
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Mila Schwartz; Orit Dror – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2024
Purpose: This study aimed to explore "why and how" the teachers' personal funds of knowledge and identity are connected to their classroom beliefs, knowledge, and practices. Design/methodology/approach: The study lasted one academic year (October 2021 - July 2022). We used multiple data sources, including semi-structured individual…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Policy, Language Usage
Plurilingualism and Using Languages to Learn Languages: A Sequential Approach to Deal Effectively with Language Diversity
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Corcoll López, Cristina – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2021
After years of controversy and terminological debate, the plurilingual approach is now well accepted by language teaching communities. Still, doubts concerning how the plurilingual approach can shape the way we teach languages remain. The aim of this article is to describe a pedagogical and sequential approach that can be followed by teachers who…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Sequential Approach, Sociocultural Patterns
Shifting Timescales in Peer Group Interactions: A Multilingual Classroom Perspective
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Erduyan, Isil – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2017
In his model of classroom social identification and learning, Wortham (2006. "Learning Identity". New York: Cambridge University Press) conceptualizes identity processes as enveloped within multiple timescales unfolding simultaneously in varying paces. For Wortham (2008. "Shifting Identities in the Classroom." In "Identity…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Multilingualism, Self Concept, Second Language Learning