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Barrón, Daisy Indira – Journal of Latinos and Education, 2023
This article examines the effects of language development among Hispanic women/Latinas and how such learning is shaped by bicultural and linguistic practices while navigating institutions of higher education. This qualitative, phenomenological study is part of a larger study designed to gather the perceptions of 25 Hispanic women/Latinas about…
Descriptors: Translation, Facilitators (Individuals), Females, Bilingual Students
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Catalina Iliescu-Gheorghiu – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2024
Intercultural studies have underexplored the issue of children's theatre as a tool for symbolic representations of (new, hybrid) identities. In this paper, I analyze two theatrical productions addressing both Spanish society and Romanian diaspora (first/second generation) to answer these questions: how are diasporic identities re-constructed in…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Native Language, Second Language Learning, Spanish
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Marie Rickert – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
This study examines how language ideologies are negotiated and navigated in a linguistically diverse kindergarten group in Germany, focusing on the multilingual language practices of teachers and children. Drawing on data generated during 3months of focused linguistic ethnographic fieldwork, I analyse situations in which children and teachers…
Descriptors: Polish, German, Kindergarten, Foreign Countries
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Lena Cataldo-Schwarzl – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In the present study (Schwarzl, Lena. 2020. "Ein mehrperspektivischer Blick in das Translanguaging-Klassenzimmer -- selbstbezogene Überzeugungen und Klassenklima im Fokus" [A Multi-Perspective Look into the Translanguaging Classroom - Focusing on Self-Centered Beliefs and Classroom Climate]. Doctoral diss., University of Vienna.…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Classroom Environment
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Phanthaphoommee, Narongdej; Ungsitipoonporn, Siripen – Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 2023
This research examines the Thai and English translation equivalents of Northern Khmer ethnobotanical terms and the corresponding translation strategies, along with the translators' reflections on their role as language revitalisation agents. The ultimate purpose of this translation effort is to provide a knowledge base for Northern Khmer learners…
Descriptors: Translation, Language Maintenance, Austro Asiatic Languages, Thai
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Ron Darvin; Yue Zhang – Language Awareness, 2023
Drawing on the pedagogical framework of critical multilingual language awareness, this article demonstrates how the production of a YouTube video explaining lexical gaps can help language learners construct a translanguaging space and invest in decolonizing practices. Based on a study examining the language and literacy practices of university…
Descriptors: Translation, Code Switching (Language), Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Vanessa Piccoli – Educational Linguistics, 2022
In this chapter, I present an interactional and multimodal analysis of video-recorded mental health consultations with asylum seekers in France. My main focus is on sequences in which the patients talk with the therapist about their learning of French, in some cases through the mediation of a professional interpreter. The particular context of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Wilang, Jeffrey Dawala – TESOL International Journal, 2021
High school students' beliefs toward their abilities could be fixed or malleable, and mindset may differ between boys and girls. The aim of this article is three-fold: to examine the beliefs of students as to whether their abilities are fixed or malleable in the context of English language learning, to know if mindsets of boys and girls are…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Liu, Chunhong; Yu, Chengyuan – Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2019
To meet the increasing needs for translators and interpreters, Master of Translation and Interpreting (MTI) program was launched in Chinese universities. Discussion on how to cultivate MTI students who are supposed to be excellent users of foreign language except their mother tongue attracts many Chinese researchers, while little is done from the…
Descriptors: Translation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Masters Programs
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Fishman, Eric – Journal of Language and Literacy Education, 2021
What purposes might literary translation serve in the K-12 classroom? In this article, I use practitioner research to explore a heritage language poetry translation project I taught with third and fourth grade multi- and monolingual students in a suburban independent school. Students interviewed family members about their heritage languages,…
Descriptors: Translation, Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Naydan, Michael M.; Ivanytska, Mariia; Perminova, Alla – Advanced Education, 2019
The article discusses the development of the linguistic identity of a novice literary translator in the course of academic training. The authors claim that teaching literary translation presupposes creating an academic environment conducive to untapping the creative potential of translation students. The paper describes an experiment in which 30…
Descriptors: Literature, Translation, Self Concept, Language Processing
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Esquivel, Orlyn Joyce D. – Journal of English as an International Language, 2019
Since the colonization of the Americans, Filipinos have been using English as their second language and have been accustomed to using the language alongside local languages. The centuries of the extensive contact between American English and Filipino language raises questions pertaining language change and language identity. This paper reports the…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Social Media
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Kashuba, Mary Helen – NECTFL Review, 2017
In this article teachers will find a rationale and examples for connections between literature and other disciplines, such as history, science, art, political science, philosophy, and psychology. The article addresses the goal of the Connections standard, as defined by the "World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages" (W-RSFLL)…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Standards, Second Language Learning
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Welch, Irene – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2015
This article draws on data from a yearlong case study of a Mexican American ESL teacher's practice in a K-5 school in the southeastern United States. The study examines how the teacher established bilingual interactional space in her ESL pullout class consisting of six 9- to 11-year old students of Mexican descent. The analysis shows the ways in…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Self Concept, Mexican Americans, English (Second Language)