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Leung, Constant – Language and Education, 2016
The school population in England is linguistically diverse; according to official data, over one million pupils do not speak English as their first language. All teachers are expected to support English as an additional language (EAL) development as part of their professional responsibility. At the same time, there has been little specific…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Language of Instruction, Educational Policy
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Wang, Lixun; Kirkpatrick, Andy – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2013
Since 1997, the "biliterate and trilingual" policy has been adopted by the Hong Kong government, and is now guiding the curriculum design in Hong Kong primary schools. This language policy aims to ensure that Hong Kong students become biliterate (written English and Chinese) and trilingual (spoken English, Cantonese and Putonghua).…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Teacher Education, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries
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Milk, Robert D. – TESOL Quarterly, 1985
Reviews recent research in bilingual education and English as a second language (ESL) in an attempt to arrive at some generalization about what characterizes effective bilingual and ESL instruction. Challenges the conventional conceptualization of ESL as an isolated element within bilingual programs and offers suggestions for improving ESL teacher…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Communicative Competence (Languages), Curriculum Design, English (Second Language)
Minority Rights Group, London (England). – 1998
To address problems in public education for majority and minority ethnic groups in Central and Eastern Europe, Minority Rights Group International and the Inter Ethnic Initiative for Human Rights Foundation organized a skills exchange workshop in Sofia, Bulgaria in November 1997. Representatives from Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovkia…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Design, Diversity (Student)
Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria (South Africa). – 1986
Papers include: "Another Dimension of Readiness To Learn in the Second Language"; "Medium of Instruction in Black Education in Southern Africa"'; "Language Across the Curriculum"; "Die milieu binne die skool" ("The Environment Inside the School"); "Language in Black Education: The Environment…
Descriptors: African Languages, Afrikaans, Bantu Languages, Black Education
Cenoz, Jasone, Ed.; Genesee, Fred, Ed. – 1998
This collection of essays on multilingual education includes the following: "A Global Perspective on Multilingualism and Multilingual Education" (G. Richard Tucker); "Psycholinguistic Perspectives on Multilingualism and Multilingual Education" (Jasone Cenoz, Fred Genesee); "Curriculum Decision-Making in Content-Based…
Descriptors: Basque, Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Case Studies
Chicago Board of Education, IL. – 1974
This handbook is designed for school administrators, teachers, parents, and community groups who are interested in establishing a bilingual education program in their school. Since it is intended to be a practical, step-by-step guide to bilingual education, the handbook emphasizes the process of developing a program, pointing out alternatives…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Community Involvement
Willetts, Karen F., Ed. – 1986
The proceedings of a seminar on integrating language instruction and academic content instruction include: two presentations surveying the current state of the art in content-based language instruction ("Language and Content Learning: Finding Common Ground," by Bernard Mohan and "Integrating Content and Language Instruction,"…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Chinese, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing
Jaquith, Paul, Ed. – Cross Currents, 1991
"Cross Currents" is subtitled "an International Journal of Language Teaching and Cross-Cultural Communication." This special theme issue is devoted to the topic of "content-based language teaching" and contains nine the ELT Needs of Japanese University Students"; "Exploring Community in a Content-Based…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, College Students