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Anna Becker – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
This study investigates the interplay among identity, language, and culture of six heritage language (HL) teachers at a Greek school in the German-speaking part of Switzerland. It applies the concept of "participative multilingual identity construction" and argues that in order for teachers to provide agency and opportunities to their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Language Usage, Native Language
Simangele Mashazi; Marcelyn Oostendorp – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
This article centres multilingualism in relation to gender, sexuality, culture, and race, presenting the narrative of one participant, Samson, who self-identifies as a black, queer, man and refers to several linguistic varieties that he has some proficiency in. The narrative emerged from an interview conducted in which Samson discussed his…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Gender Issues, Sexual Identity, Language Proficiency
Miller, Gloria E.; Khatib, Sara M. – Reading Teacher, 2023
Families play a critical role in promoting students' literacy development. Family literacy practices refer to oral, written, and reading strategies that impart cultural traditions and knowledge of the world and that occur in the dominant or native language of a family. It is especially important for educators to understand and build upon such…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family School Relationship, School Community Relationship, Multilingualism
Benzehaf, Bouchaib – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
This study aims to explore how university students of English as a foreign language perceive themselves as multilingual agents, how they practice their languages, and how this affects their identity. The study is based on Kramsch's notion of third place (1993) which considers foreign language learning as an opportunity for the construction of…
Descriptors: Self Concept, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Coady, M. R.; Makalela, L.; Lopez, M. P. S. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
Literacy in the twenty-first century global environment is increasingly essential to participation in society. Literacy skills include not only the ability to read, write, and interact with text, but also the capacity to use semiotic (sign) systems, numeracy, multiple modalities, and to link oracy to text using computerised devices. Despite this…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Elementary School Students
Duff, Patricia A. – Modern Language Journal, 2019
Social aspects of second language acquisition (SLA) and the contexts in which people attempt to learn and use languages and seek to become integrated within new and changing cultures have been examined for decades from various theoretical perspectives. In this article, I present some of the ways in which 'social' experience is being theorized in…
Descriptors: Social Influences, Second Language Learning, Context Effect, Cultural Influences
Zilal Meccawy; Najwan Sebai – Journal of Education and Learning, 2025
This qualitative study uses a semi-structured interview to investigate why Saudi learners stop learning a third language and whether these reasons are permanent or temporary. The participants were six female master's degree students who had experience learning a third language outside of formal education or informal settings. This study identifies…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Attribution Theory, Learning Processes, Social Media
Mitchell, Rosamond; Güvendir, Emre – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
The internationalisation of higher education has led to widespread adoption of English as a medium of instruction in European universities, and this strategy is supporting increasingly diverse student mobility. Many students undertaking short-term Erasmus+ mobility see this as an opportunity to develop their English language skills but may lack…
Descriptors: International Education, Personal Narratives, Study Abroad, Second Language Learning
Scull, Janet; Page, Jane; Lee, Wan Yi; Murray, Lisa; Gapany, Dorothy; Stewart, Samantha; Murukun, Marilyn; Scannell, Nuala; Lawrence, Rona; Dhurrkay, Jonica; Hayes, Felicity; Burarrwanga, Verity; Chynoweth, Leah; Callahan, Michelle; Goveas, Jessica Noella; Cock, Megan L.; Mentha, Susan; Eadie, Patricia; Sparling, Joseph – TESOL in Context, 2021
For many Indigenous children living in remote communities, the prerequisites to achieving strong language and learning outcomes include the maintenance of their first languages and progress in learning English as an additional language. This paper reports on data from a Linkage study conducted with families at two Families as First Teachers (FaFT)…
Descriptors: Mothers, Parents as Teachers, Indigenous Populations, Foreign Countries
Ashraf, Muhammad Azeem; Turner, David A.; Laar, Rizwan Ahmed – SAGE Open, 2021
This study examines the language practices in educational settings in Pakistan, taking the multilingual groupings in society into account. In Pakistan, each province is linked to the single or multiple identities of its people and the languages spoken by the majority. The national language Urdu is limited to educational settings and its function…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Darchieva, Svetlana V.; Darchiev, Anzor V. – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2019
The objective of the study is to analyze the activities of the North Caucasian deputies of the third-convocation State Duma of the Russian Empire in addressing issues of education and national culture. The people's deputies were focusing on the most relevant and vital questions of the Russian reality: democratization of political life, the problem…
Descriptors: Educational History, Administrator Role, Educational Development, Native Language
Pandey, Anita – Childhood Education, 2014
All around the world, communities have been experiencing linguistic erosion in varying degrees, as English usage--and use of other ex-colonial languages, like French in francophone Africa, Spanish in the bulk of Latin America, and Portuguese in Angola, Brazil, Mozambique, and East Timur--steadily surpass local language usage in institutions of…
Descriptors: Native Language, Teaching Methods, Language Usage, Interviews
Marshall, Steve; Lee, Ena – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2017
Roberge defines the 1.5 Generation as "those who immigrate as young children and have life experiences that span two or more countries, cultures and languages" (2009, p. 4). In US and Canadian higher education, the term has gained considerable recognition, with the scope of the term broadening among some educators to include…
Descriptors: Asians, Immigrants, Ethnic Groups, Surveys
Anderson, Jim; Chung, Yu-Chiao; Macleroy, Vicky – Language and Education, 2018
This article presents findings from the global literacy project, Critical Connections: Multilingual Digital Storytelling (MDST), which provides a means of nurturing and reflecting multiliteracies in practice. It recognises the power of storytelling and the space stories offer both for self-representation and for engaging with otherness. It draws…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Story Telling, Multilingualism
Guan, Shu-Sha Angie; Nash, Afaf; Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2016
This study examines how language and culture brokering (translating and interpreting language and culture for others) influences the acculturative experiences and self-perceptions of young adults from immigrant Arab, Asian, and Latino American backgrounds. Semi-structured interviews with 10 participants suggest that mediating information for…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Ethnic Groups, Multilingualism
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