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Peng, Yue – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2023
Adopting a learning ecology perspective, this study examined sojourners' formal classroom learning and the interactions between their learning in the classroom and their learning in the community. Data for the study were collected from semi-structured interviews and classroom observations involving 14 sojourners learning Chinese as a second…
Descriptors: Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Study Abroad
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Gürsoy, Esim; Ertasoglu, Leyla Deniz – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2019
Population displacements have occurred in tremendous amounts in the last few decades due to the collapse in civil order of the neighbouring countries of Turkey. This situation not only created a need for researchers to deal with the social, psychological and economical aspects of this forced mobility, but also with the acculturation process of the…
Descriptors: Refugees, Social Integration, Barriers, Immigration
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Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2020
This paper presents findings of a qualitative inquiry into international students' experiences and perceptions of their language use in an English-medium international university in multilingual Hong Kong, with particular attention to the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) in relation to other languages. Based on data collected from in-depth…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Multilingualism
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Rosen, Jenny Karin; Bagga-Gupta, Sangeeta – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2013
The study presented in this paper focuses upon conceptualisations of language and identity in the institutionalised arena that emerged in the post-Second World War period with the specific intention of teaching Swedish to adult immigrants in the nation-state of Sweden. Our analysis focuses upon the development of the educational programme…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Foreign Countries, War, Educational Change
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Steinbach, Marilyn – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2010
This article describes the social, linguistic and academic integration processes of immigrant students in an area of low-density immigration in Quebec, Canada. Interviews were conducted with 15 secondary school students who had been in the country for 2 months to 4 years, in order to get a wide sampling of their experiences of the process of…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Inclusive Schools, Social Integration, Adolescents
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Etxeberria, Felix; Elosegi, Kristina – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2008
In the Basque Country there has been a very strong growth in the number of pupils of immigrant origin, the main groups being from Latin America, Europe, Africa, Eastern Europe and Asia. The schooling of these pupils does not follow the same pattern as that of autochthonous pupils, as the immigrants tend to concentrate in state sector schools or in…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Labor Market, Foreign Countries, Spanish