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Chikiwa, Clemence – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
This study's focus was two-fold, first to look at forms of gestures teachers of multilingual mathematics classes use during teaching; and second to find out how teachers of multilingual mathematics classes utilize learners' home language, language of learning and teaching and gestures to foster understanding in the teaching of mathematics. This…
Descriptors: Nonverbal Communication, Speech Communication, Semiotics, Figurative Language
Ernst-Slavit, Gisela; Mason, Michele R. – Linguistics and Education: An International Research Journal, 2011
This study investigates the oral academic language used by English as a second language prepared teachers during content area instruction in five upper elementary classrooms in the United States. Using ethnographic and sociolinguistic perspectives the authors examine the oral, academic language exposure students received from their teachers during…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Second Language Learning, Elementary School Teachers, English (Second Language)
Whiteford, Tim – Teaching Children Mathematics, 2009
Effectively teaching mathematics to speakers of other languages requires teachers to recognize, validate, honor, and support the math that these students have already learned before entering a U.S. classroom. To do so, they must become aware of procedures, types of math instruction, and students' current performance levels. They should be…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency, Knowledge Level