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Setati, Mamokgethi – Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 2005
This article explores the complex relationship between language and mathematics education in multilingual settings by presenting an analysis of one lesson from a multilingual primary mathematics classroom in South Africa taught by an appropriately qualified and experienced teacher. English emerged as a dominant language in this classroom, and this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Mathematics Education, Language Role
Wilhelm, Kim Hughes – 1995
A study examined variability in learner progress through a pre-university intensive English-as-a-Second-Language program as it relates to 36 language learning background variables (e.g., formal English training and exposure, motivation, etc.) and four entry-level proficiency variables. Subjects were 201 Indiana University students. Success was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Second Language Programs, College Students, English (Second Language)
Griffith, Paul T. – I.C.T.F.L. Accents, 1995
It is suggested that trends in federal and state policy formation are working against the advancement of second language education in Illinois. While the passage of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act at the federal level was a positive step, legislating that foreign language be part of the core curriculum, a subsequent state policy draft excluded…
Descriptors: Budgets, Educational Demand, Educational Policy, Educational Trends
Lindenlaub, Claire-Antoinette – 1995
The structure and administration of the Paris Chamber of Commerce Examination of French language proficiency is described, and methods of classroom preparation for the examination are presented. The exam certifies French proficiency at two levels: certificat (language skills necessary to conduct business effectively in the francophone world) and…
Descriptors: Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Certification, Cultural Awareness
Reel, Judee – 1995
Based on examination of a number of international business (IB) textbooks, all of which were found deficient in their treatment of the cross-cultural aspects of IB, 12 principles that should be reflected in the content and construction of IB texts are presented, with explanation and illustrations: (1) understand that culture is the basis of…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, Cultural Awareness
Remlinger, Kathryn – 1996
A study investigated beliefs, attitudes, and values upper-division college students have about gender and sexuality and how language is a medium by which these ideologies are created, challenged, and maintained. Further, it looks at how these ideologies are interdependent and interrelated, how symbolic systems of the campus interact as students…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Environment, College Students, Cultural Context
Coronel-Molina, Serafin M. – Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 1997
The discussion of corpus planning for the Southern Quechua language variety of Peru examines issues of graphization, standardization, modernization, and renovation of Quechua in the face of increasing domination by the Spanish language. The efforts of three major groups of linguists and other scholars working on language planning in Peru, and the…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Bilingual Education, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes
Kim, Kwang; And Others – 1997
The report details results of the 1995 National Household Education Survey concerning home language use, English language proficiency, and participation in English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) classes. The survey found that about 12 million adults reported speaking a language other than English at home. Of these, almost 11 percent had participated…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Students, Educational Attitudes, Educational Demand
Gere, Anne Ruggles; And Others – 1992
This book asks teachers to examine their beliefs about language, the beliefs of other educators, and the implications of those beliefs for English classes, where the primary goal is to foster language development through reading, writing, listening, and speaking. It is offered as a catalyst to the ongoing process of research and reflection that is…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction
Warner, Rachel – 1992
A study of 23 secondary school students in year 11 at a British comprehensive school investigated students' feelings about English and Bengali, their native language, their language learning history, how they had developed English language skills in a predominantly Bengali-speaking community, how they had maintained and developed their Bengali,…
Descriptors: Bengali, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques
Lambert, Richard D., Ed.; Moore, Sarah Jane, Ed. – American Academy of Political and Social Science Annals, 1990
Articles in this theme issue of the journal, devoted to the subject of languages in the workplace, include: "Language Use in International Research" (Eugene Garfield, Alfred Welljams-Dorof); "The Foreign Language Needs of U.S.-Based Corporations" (Carol S. Fixman); "Foreign Language Use Among International Business…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Business Administration Education, Business Communication, College Graduates
Mitchell, Rosamond – 1988
The first two stages of a research project on the teaching of second languages in Scotland using the communicative approach are reported. In the first stage, 59 language teachers in 20 schools were interviewed concerning their understanding of the notion of communicative competence and its development in the classroom. In the second stage, French…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Classroom Research
Des Brisay, Margaret; And Others – 1993
This study investigated the appropriateness of Item Response Theory (IRT) models to analyze language test data. In a university second language institute, results of typical versions of tests of French as a Second Language (n=831 examinees) and of English as a Second Language (n=617 examinees) were subjected to non-linear factor analysis in…
Descriptors: Cloze Procedure, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language), Factor Analysis
Martinovic-Zic, Aida – 1998
This study investigated the ways in which a bilingual's choice between the minority first language (L1) and the dominant second language (L2), in this case English, suggests the value the language has for the social and in-group identity of the bilingual. Adult bilinguals (n=38) of widely varying L1 backgrounds were surveyed concerning their…
Descriptors: Adults, Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), English (Second Language)
Simmons, Margaret – 1998
This study analyzed doctor-patient communication from a sociolinguistic perspective, focusing on two issues: (1) why patients are not more effective in asserting themselves in talking with doctors, and (2) why doctors don't talk more like normal people (i.e., patients). Research on communication in health care contexts is reviewed, looking at such…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Discourse Analysis, English for Special Purposes, Foreign Countries