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Nadia Iesha Millsap – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In 2023, immigrants and their United States born offspring accounted for approximately 90.8 million individuals (27%) of the civilian noninstitutionalized U.S. population (Batalova, 2024). Compared to 2010, this is a rise of about 14.7 million (20%). As the global population becomes more diverse, speech-language pathologists (SLPs) face the…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Best Practices, Allied Health Personnel, Multilingualism
Alcántara, Astrid Codana; Sánchez-Martí, Angelina; Pàmies Rovira, Jordi – European Journal of Education, 2023
European education policies have tended to cultivate linguistic hegemony and preserve cultural uniformity, which has made it difficult for schools to support different cultural backgrounds. This has contributed to the promotion of artificial monolingual interactions that reinforce linguistic decapitalisation processes. The aim of the review on…
Descriptors: Second Languages, Multilingualism, Educational Policy, Cultural Differences
Musa Nushi; Alireza Aghaei – MEXTESOL Journal, 2024
Culture is an inseparable part of English Language Teaching (ELT), and ELT textbooks, as one of the main instructional resources are bound to include cultural and linguistic content. However, the kind of cultural content in these books has been a controversial issue for decades. It is recommended that curriculum designers use intercultural…
Descriptors: Textbook Evaluation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Suvi Kotkavuori – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2025
In today's multilingual and multicultural societies, different languages and cultural orientations converge for complex purposes. This study examines how Spanish language students and their native peers (L1 peer = L1P) experiment with dynamic and culturally embedded language uses in higher education. The data included conversation recordings…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Peer Teaching, Discourse Analysis, Multilingualism
Hua, Xiaochen; Hu, Guangwei; Liu, Feifei – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2023
Foreign language textbooks not only aid language learners in developing their linguistic skills and knowledge but also reshape their cultural identities. Drawing on theories of critical curriculum studies, this paper examines cultural representation in two sets of US-produced Chinese as a foreign language (CFL) textbooks for American college…
Descriptors: Cultural Traits, Chinese, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Bastos, Ícaro Franca; Pinto, Manoela Barbosa; Amorim, Simone Silveira; Kress, Tricia M. – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2022
This study presents language as a form of social expression through which feelings, ideas and thoughts are signified in a Culture. However, distinct groups belonging to the same society may define those factors in different ways, giving rise to a phenomenon called 'Multiculturality'. Therefore, thinking about this cultural diversity and taking…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries, Emotional Intelligence
Liang, Yuwei; Schartner, Alina – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2022
Culturally mixed group work has become a common mode of assessment in higher education to encourage students from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds to learn from and work with each other. This article aims to address whether culturally mixed group work can contribute to students' intercultural competence (IC) development. The…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Intercultural Communication, Personality Measures, Second Language Learning
Alhoussawi, Hussain – English Language Teaching, 2022
This study reports the findings of a mixed method critical study of non-native university English language teachers' perceptions about cultural values and traditions represented in North Star English course book (advanced level), published by Pearson. The sample consisted of 35 male teachers who had experienced teaching the course book under…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Mirvahedi, Seyed Hadi; Hosseini, Mona – Language Policy, 2023
In this study, we investigate family language policy in a transnational family through a collaborative autoethnography. Following the theoretical underpinnings of family language policy (Spolsky in J Multiling Multicult Dev 31:3-11, 2012), we present parental language beliefs, management, and practices in retrospect to shine a light on the…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency
Rauha Salam-Salmaoui; Rukhsana Ali – Cogent Education, 2024
This study examines the experiences of two Pakistani doctoral researchers at the University of Jyväskylä (JYU), Finland, highlighting the disconnect between the university's internationalization policies and the realities faced by non-Western students. Employing autoethnography, the study reveals systemic Eurocentric biases and linguistic…
Descriptors: Universities, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Criticism
Cheryl Seah; Ha Nguyen – English Australia Journal, 2025
English as an International Language (EIL) holds transformative potential for developing intercultural competencies in Australian higher education. Challenging the 'native-speaker' model, EIL offers students and institutions an opportunity for intercultural learning through engaging with linguistic and cultural difference. This paper reports on a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Higher Education
Jill Tussey, Editor; Leslie Haas, Editor – IGI Global, 2025
Supporting cultural and linguistic differences through literacy education fosters inclusive, diverse learning environments where students thrive. By recognizing and valuing students' unique cultural backgrounds and languages, literacy education can be tailored to bridge gaps and promote comprehension, communication, and critical thinking.…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Literacy Education, Outcomes of Education, Inclusion
Maunsell, Matthias – Latin American Journal of Content and Language Integrated Learning, 2020
Dyslexia is a global issue. It encompasses a range of language and literacy cultures with many variations regarding definitions, diagnostic measures, regulations, policies, and support procedures for dyslexic students. Considerable progress has been made in the field of monolingual dyslexia, but now there is growing interest in the multilingual,…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Contrastive Linguistics, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Zhang, Haomin; Cui, Liuran; Zhang, Xing – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2021
The study explored the longitudinal relationship between multicultural awareness and language development among collegiate English as a foreign language (EFL) students. Sixty-five first-year college students participated in the study. Drawing on the Multicultural Awareness-Knowledge-Skills Survey (MAKSS) [D'Andrea, M., Daniels, J., & Heck, R.…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism, Undergraduate Students
Chiofalo, Tommasa Agnese; Fernández-Martínez, María del Mar; Luque-de la Rosa, Antonio; Carrión-Martínez, José Juan – Education Sciences, 2019
Background: The purpose of this research is to analyze the perception of teachers and their thinking about two specific and functional issues which are often deemed to be controversial, that is, the acquisition, by recently arrived migrant students of the host language and the role that the professional services of a cultural mediator may have in…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Italian, Second Language Learning, Epistemology