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Direct linkKostoulas, Achilleas; Motsiou, Eleni – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2022
This paper reports on an exploratory qualitative investigation of the discourses of plurilingual children's parents, with a view to developing an understanding of their family language policy. Drawing loosely on Spolsky [2004. "Language Policy." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press], family language policy was conceptualised as having…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Language Usage, Multilingualism, Language Attitudes
Otwinowska, Agnieszka; Meir, Natalia; Ringblom, Natalia; Karpava, Sviatlana; La Morgia, Francesca – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
We examined factors determining parental success in transmitting heritage language (HL) and literacy in Russian-speaking migrant families of comparable socioeconomic status (SES) in Cyprus, Ireland, Israel and Sweden. A total of 345 Russian speakers completed a questionnaire about their language use and home language practices. Of those, we chose…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Cross Cultural Studies, Russian, Parent Child Relationship
Download full textKaymakamoglu, Sibel Ersel; Yiltanlilar, Ayten – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2019
This study investigated 5 non-native English teachers' perceptions on Turkish (L1) use in English language (L2) classrooms in the English Preparatory School context of European University of Lefke in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC). The participants were interviewed by using a semi-structured interview and observed by administering…
Descriptors: Native Language, Language Usage, Turkish, Teaching Methods
Debreli, Emre; Oyman, Nadire – English Language Teaching, 2016
In literature on bilingual teaching, different perspectives exist for and against the use of first language (L1) in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. There is a continuing matter of debate on whether L1 contributes to or precludes the learning of a second language (L2). Numerous studies have been conducted on this topic, but no clear…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Debreli, Emre – English Language Teaching, 2016
The study of L1 (first language) use in L2 (second language) classrooms has long received attention in the literature. Despite the considerable amount of research that has been conducted on the phenomenon, the focus has often been on the advantages and disadvantages. Considerably, less research has been conducted regarding the non-native L2…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
Yiakoumetti, Androula; Mina, Marina – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2011
The sociolinguistic phenomenon of bidialectism can significantly influence foreign-language learning. This study provides empirical evidence (drawn from the Greek Cypriot bidialectal community) for this influence and it supports the recommendation that foreign-language educators be trained in language-variation issues. The study's methodological…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Foreign Countries, Greek, Bilingualism
