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Bardel, Camilla; Gyllstad, Henrik; Tholin, Jörgen – Language Teaching, 2023
This review provides an account of salient research topics in current Swedish research in the field of foreign language (FL) education, with the aim of making locally published work available outside Sweden. A corpus of work on English and other FLs published between 2012 and 2021 has been scrutinized. Focus has been placed on research conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Policy
Thu Anh Mai; Alwin de Rooij – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2023
Human creativity and ingenuity partly depend on divergent thinking -- the ability to generate many varied, original, and elaborate responses. Prior research has found ample evidence of an effect of cognitive factors, including the organization of semantic networks and associative ability, on divergent thinking. Less is known, however, about how…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, English, Spanish, Adults
Copland, Fiona; McPake, Joanna – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
In 2003, Mary Louise Pratt published a hugely influential paper in "Profession" where she took to task misconceptions about multilingualism and language learning apparent in the USA in the wake of 9/11 and consequent counter-terrorism measures. She argued that a new public idea about language was necessary in order to ensure unity and…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Public Policy, English, Monolingualism
Selleck, Charlotte; Barakos, Elisabeth – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
This paper engages with the negotiation of insider and outsider researcher identities in the context of Welsh-English bilingualism in Wales. It aims to develop a reflexive approach to researching bilingualism, foregrounding the actions and experiences of doing bilingual research in a minority language context. Taking data from education and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Educational Research, Welsh, English (Second Language)
Lazarus, Alan S. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2021
Culture and language play important roles in counting techniques, affecting how students learn math around the globe.
Descriptors: Numeracy, Language Role, Cultural Differences, Cultural Influences
Salih, Abdelrahman Abdalla – English Language Teaching, 2021
In recent years, the rapid growth and unprecedented dominance of the English language has transformed the world's linguistic ecology and promoted anxiety and debates about its future. The language has developed into a leading international lingua franca used by millions of speakers in different linguistic and cultural contexts worldwide. This…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Jinhyun Cho – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
This article examines the institutional and market treatment of the profession of interpreting in the English-monolingual context of Australia. Based on qualitative interview methods with 67 healthcare interpreters in Australia, the study aims to explore the impact of the linguistic hierarchies in favour of English on the financial and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Monolingualism, English, English (Second Language)
Diessel, Holger; Monakhov, Sergei – Journal of Child Language, 2023
This paper examines the acquisition of demonstratives (e.g., "that," "there") from a cross-linguistic perspective. Although demonstratives are often said to play a crucial role in L1 acquisition, there is little systematic research on this topic. Using extensive corpus data of spontaneous child speech, the paper investigates…
Descriptors: Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew, Indonesian
MacKenzie, Alison; Engman, Mel; McGurk, Orla – Teaching in Higher Education, 2022
We discuss how the colonisation of the island of Ireland has marginalised and delegitimised Gaeilge, the Irish language, and the relationship of this colonial genealogy in place to local educational institutions and the practices therein. The hegemonic and homogenising processes of British colonialism continue to reverberate in modern discourses…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Language Maintenance, Irish, Political Attitudes
Schroedler, Tobias; Chik, Alice; Benson, Phil – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2023
This paper forwards the notion that languages are an important resource for sustainable development for modern societies. Informed by theories from both sociolinguistics and language economics on the value of language skills, it is suggested that language(s) have different kinds of value in multilingual societies. Sociolinguists often emphasize…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Sustainable Development, Native Language, Second Language Learning
Wilson, Kyra; Frank, Michael C.; Fourtassi, Abdellah – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2023
In order for children to understand and reason about the world in an adult-like fashion, they need to learn that conceptual categories are organized in a hierarchical fashion (e.g., a dog is also an animal). While children learn from their first-hand observation of the world, social knowledge transmission via language can also play an important…
Descriptors: Cues, Linguistic Input, Language Acquisition, Speech Communication
Easlick, Kathleen – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2022
This paper presents a thematic analysis of public sector discourse on the values assigned to regional minority and community languages within the UK and Finland. This paper draws from semi-structured interviews conducted in Manchester, Cardiff, Helsinki, and Rovaniemi. Two key themes emerged from the interview data: "Language as a Resource…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Second Language Learning, Social Integration, Language Role
Valdeón, Roberto A. – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2018
Drawing on Michael Cronin's analysis of "Stagecoach," and on narrative theory and image studies, this paper aims to examine the role of language and translation in two classical Hollywood westerns, namely "They Died with Their Boots On" and "Fort Apache." It will consider whether these films provide only negative…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Translation, Films, English
Greses Perez – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Even though engineering and science are tasked with developing solutions and knowledge for a diverse population, Black and Brown communities remain severely underrepresented in these disciplines. The problem exceeds easy solutions like "a seat at the table" and requires rethinking with whom and for whom the field designs ideas and…
Descriptors: Sciences, Engineering, Linguistics, Language Role
Zhang-Wu, Qianqian; Tian, Zhongfeng – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2023
In this classroom-based qualitative study, we examine how a small group of content area teacher candidates developed emerging critical language awareness (CLA) during one graduate-level translanguaging-infused teacher education course on multilingual theories and practices. The findings point out the potential of translanguaging in prompting…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Teacher Education Programs, Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning