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Knudsen, Hanne B. Søndergaard; Donau, Pernille S.; Mifsud, Charles L.; Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Dockrell, Julie E. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Multilingualism is a major feature of European schools. The current study examines Danish data regarding teachers' behaviours, beliefs and attitudes about multilingualism. Data were collected using the Multilingual Classroom Questionnaire (MCQ) devised by the European Literacy Network. Sixty-one participants contributed to the Danish sample (85%…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teacher Attitudes, Classroom Techniques, Second Language Learning
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Dahm, Rebecca; De Angelis, Gessica – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2018
The present study examines the multilingual benefit in relation to language learning and mathematical learning. The objective is to assess whether speakers of three or more languages, depending on language profile and personal histories, show significant advantages in language learning and/or mathematical learning, and whether mother tongue…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Role, French, Literacy
Meganathan, Ramanujam – Online Submission, 2018
This study explores English language teaching in multilingual situations, where learners speak more than two languages. The following issues were investigated in two multilingual schools in New Delhi 1. the role of English and the English language curriculum 2. English language teaching-learning processes and classroom practices 3. the perceptions…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Baker, Will; Hüttner, Julia – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
The rapid increase in English medium instruction (EMI) in higher education has resulted in the need for a greater evidence base documenting EMI in practice spanning a range of settings. Studies of EMI focusing on linguistic issues are beginning to emerge but there are few comparative studies looking at multiple sites, levels and stakeholders. In…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction
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Martínez-Álvarez, Patricia; Cuevas, Isabel; Torres-Guzmán, María – Journal of Teacher Education, 2017
This study draws upon a survey of writing conceptions and cultural dispositions data, as well as multimodal compositions allowing bilingual teacher candidates to recursively explore and deepen the relationships between language, identity, and culture in learning. We found that teacher candidates did rethink the relationships through the multimodal…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Correlation, Self Concept
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Stavans, Anat – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2015
This paper explores the role that languages and literacy practices play in Ethiopian immigrant families transposed to Israel as part of Israel's family language policy, by examining parental perspectives on their respective L1 and L2 usages, in both parents' and children's lives, as well as by examining the home literacy provisions supporting…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Immigrants, Language Usage, Language Attitudes
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Chakrani, Brahim; Huang, Jason L. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2014
This article investigates overt language attitudes and linguistic practices among French-taught university students in Morocco, showing the relationship between language behavior and attitudes. The results reveal a class-based divide in respondents' patterns of language use, in their support of the French monolingual sanitized classroom, and in…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, French, Semitic Languages, Language Variation
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Doiz, Aintzane; Lasagabaster, David; Sierra, Juan Manuel – Language Awareness, 2014
Internationalisation has brought about remarkable changes at universities all over the world. In the case of the University of the Basque Country (Spain) this is reflected in the increasing presence of English-medium instruction. This paper examines two issues: the university community's perception of (1) the term "international…
Descriptors: International Education, Foreign Countries, Universities, Language Role
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Earls, Clive W. – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2014
In 2002, English-medium degree programmes (EMDPs) became a permanent feature of German higher education (HE). While this action marked an important step towards government-supported institutionalisation of English in Germany, no formal strategy or guidelines governing the role of English in HE have been developed. To date, research in this area in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language Role, Foreign Countries
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Busch, Brigitta – Language and Education, 2010
Although South Africa is committed to a policy of linguistic diversity, the language-in-education policy is still plagued by the racialization of language issues under apartheid and, more recently, by new challenges posed by internal African migration. Drawing on the experience of a school in the Western Cape Province, this paper explores the role…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Racial Segregation, Multilingualism, Language Role
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Wildsmith-Cromarty, Rosemary; Gordon, Mary – Language Learning Journal, 2009
The focus of this paper is on the effects of the use of the home language (i.e. isiZulu) on teachers' and learners' understanding and use of core concepts in mathematics and science at the senior phase, in contexts where the language of instruction is English. It reports on a national, collaborative, multilingual research project which attempts to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Curriculum, Science Curriculum, Language Planning, Mathematics Education
Ferguson, Charles A.; And Others – 1968
The interview questionnaire presented here was designed to elicit three kinds of response--(1) descriptions of Ethiopian language situations, (2) statements from which inferences can be drawn about the respondent's language-related attitudes and values, and (3) information about the respondent's personal history. See related document AL 001 283.…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Diglossia, Field Interviews, Language Research
Ferguson, Charles A.; And Others – 1968
The questionnaire presented here was designed to be administered to a representative sample of Ethiopian children enrolled in primary and secondary schools. Responses to be elicited pertain to --(1) personal use of language in several domains of speech behavior, (2) use of language by others in situations which the respondent has had an…
Descriptors: Diglossia, Elementary School Students, Language Research, Language Role
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Shaaban, Kassim; Ghaith, Ghazi – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2003
Investigates the linguistic attitudes of college students in Lebanon toward the languages that help define the multilingual character of the country, namely, Arabic, French, and English. Students completed a questionnaire that assessed their attitudes towards the utility of each of the three languages. Results show students perceived French and…
Descriptors: Arabic, College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Tsuda, Sanae; Lafaye, Beverley Elsom – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2005
Language contact is traditionally associated with language communities having a long and close association with a second language--through an existing official language, or extensive use of the language spoken by past colonial rulers, or both. Japan neither falls directly into these categories, nor is it considered a country with a strong…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Official Languages, Multilingualism, Language Role
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