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Tipaya Peungcharoenkun; Budi Waluyo – SAGE Open, 2024
Despite Thailand's popularity as a destination for migrant laborers from neighboring Southeast Asian countries, little research has been conducted on the education of migrant school-aged children in Thailand's public schools. However, knowledge in this area is important for improving Thailand's education policy and curriculum for migrant children…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Public Schools, Teacher Attitudes
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Guo, Yadong; Gao, Xuesong – SAGE Open, 2023
The promotion of the English language continues to be instrumental in helping China to engage with the world, but it has caused identity anxiety and cultural uncertainty among language learners. In this paper, we analyze data from a favorite-character-presentation task and an oral survey conducted with 82 preschool children in Shanghai. We found…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Self Concept, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Toyama, Michiko; Yamazaki, Yoshitaka – SAGE Open, 2022
This study explored how foreign language anxiety in class relates to individualism-collectivism culture. Additionally, to serve as a guideline for foreign language anxiety assessment, the study determined a normative score of the Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale (FLCAS), which is well known and frequently applied for foreign language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety, Cultural Differences
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Ciampolini, Vitor; Santos, Fernando; Quinaud, Ricardo Teixeira; Camiré, Martin; Migliano, Maurício de Oliveira; do Nascimento, Juarez Vieira; Milistetd, Michel – SAGE Open, 2021
The Coaching Life Skills in Sport Questionnaire (CLSS-Q) is a 5-factor 36-item scale developed in the English language to assess the extent to which coaches are intentional in their approaches to teaching life skills through sport. To allow for usage of the CLSS-Q in Portuguese-speaking countries, the purpose of this study was to investigate the…
Descriptors: Portuguese, Psychometrics, Coaching (Performance), Daily Living Skills
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Yasin, Burhanuddin; Yusuf, Yunisrina Qismullah; Junita, Mawar – SAGE Open, 2018
Rohingya people being sheltered in East Aceh, Indonesia, are taught English to prepare them for their future resettlement in Western countries; these countries are as determined by the United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The Rohingya are taught English by local Acehnese mentors at UNHCR refugee camps. This research was designed…
Descriptors: Refugees, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Wood, Carla; Wofford, Mary Claire; Hassinger, Abby – SAGE Open, 2018
Aims of the current study were to explore teachers' background, beliefs, attitudes, and sense of self-efficacy, as well as instructional supports and innovative practices in response to cultural and linguistic diversity in classrooms serving Spanish-English speaking children of migrant workers. A total of 22 teachers participated in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Instructional Innovation, Migrant Workers, Cultural Differences
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Abduh, Amirullah; Rosmaladewi, Rosmaladewi – SAGE Open, 2018
Most studies of intercultural competence in bilingual programs have been conducted in non-Asian contexts resulting in little information on how Indonesian educators promote intercultural values within bilingual programs. This research contributes to the body of literature that examines the promotion of intercultural values within bilingual higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Awareness, Values, Higher Education
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Baldwin, Christopher Francis – SAGE Open, 2015
The purpose of this study was to analyze and explore the experiences of eight first-year physical education teachers who have taught African refugee students. Interviews were conducted at the end of each participant's first year of teaching. The findings of this study highlight the vast different learning styles of students from Africa and the…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Refugees