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Fessha, Yonatan T. – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
The protection of language rights and linguistic groups is the cornerstone of the constitutional dispensation that Ethiopian has embarked upon almost two decades ago. The constitution declares that all Ethiopian language shall enjoy equal state recognition and allows for regional preference in language use. This article examines the laws and…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Civil Rights, Language Minorities, Cultural Pluralism
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Putjata, Galina; Koster, Dietha – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
How do teachers deal with multilingual pupils, and what reasons govern these choices? Whereas most studies on this topic have examined teachers in schools with monolingual policies, this paper includes teachers at bilingual schools. Framed by pedagogical theory, we present a qualitative research study based on interviews with teachers in the…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Teacher Attitudes, Language of Instruction, School Policy
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Mishra, Sneha – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2022
The present paper describes and analyses multilingualism and language use in urban Vellore. In the situation of urban Vellore, together with multilingual immigrants, multilingualism is stimulated with the business motive, to earn livelihood and for social integration. Interviews are conducted with 31 respondents who are skilled in employing at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Native Language, Second Language Learning
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Clyne, Michael; Cordella, Marisa; Schüpbach, Doris; Maher, Brigid – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2013
This article reports on an inter-generational inter-cultural pilot project carried out in suburban Melbourne which supports the second-language acquisition of younger people and enhances the social inclusion of older people of migrant background. The article begins with an outline of the multilingual context in which the project is based. The…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Social Integration, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
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Stavans, Anat – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2012
Language is the most immediate tool of inclusion into a social group and as such is central in creating, understanding and participating in the group. Language policy can serve, establish and organise such groups, and to assure that they are maintained and implemented for posterity. Language policy in education is imperative for a group to build…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Jews, Ideology, Foreign Countries
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Madsen, Lian Malai – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2008
From an ethnographic and interaction analytical approach this paper examines how polylingual languaging is used by a group of young male Taekwondo fighters to construct an integrated streetwise and "schoolwise" persona as well as negotiate regional identities. The data discussed were collected in a Taekwondo club in a multicultural area…
Descriptors: Linguistic Competence, Competition, English (Second Language), Males