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Wong, Chiu-Yin; Du, Xiaochen; Estudillo, Antonio G. – Language and Education, 2023
This study examined a group of English as a New Language teacher candidates' (TCs') pedagogical knowledge (PK) of translanguaging in a teacher preparation course. We deep-dived into exploring how their translanguaging stance and design knowledge evolved over a course of a semester. Using a participatory research approach, data were collected…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Code Switching (Language), Participatory Research
Koh, Jungyoon; Dominic, Helen; Elmendorf, Heidi; Cowgill, Sarah – Language and Education, 2023
We analyze eight letters of recommendation written by high school teachers for first-generation college students, so as to illustrate narrative strategies that can make letters more effective in providing support for students' college applications. Amidst recent criticisms of the limited utility of letters in college admissions, we argue that they…
Descriptors: Professional Autonomy, Story Telling, College Applicants, Dialogs (Language)
Varah, Sophayo Khamrang; Pawar, Deepak Tanaji – Language and Education, 2023
The significance of the mother tongue, and particularly mother tongue education, is widely acknowledged across the world. This study aims to investigate mother tongue attitudes of students, teachers, parents, and community members in Manipur. A self-report survey was used to collect data from 463 participants, and an exploratory factor analysis…
Descriptors: Native Language, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Parent Attitudes
Scarino, Angela – Language and Education, 2022
The increasing diversity of learners and teachers of languages (of both English as an Additional Language or Dialect [EAL/D] and Languages) coincides with major efforts to reconceptualise the nature of additional language learning towards multilingual and intercultural orientations. In this paper I first describe the policy context of EAL/D in…
Descriptors: Language Teachers, Teacher Education, Diversity, English (Second Language)
Foley, Yvonne; Anderson, Charles; Hancock, Jonathan; Conteh, Jean – Language and Education, 2022
While there is now a considerable body of work on teacher identity in the area of language education, much less attention has been given to the question of the extent to which student teachers are enabled to construct identities that are consonant with the opportunities and challenges of current multilingual classrooms. Drawing on a recent…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Harklau, Linda; Ford, M. Katherine – Language and Education, 2022
This article examines recent U.S. language education policies regarding English learners (ELs) and their teachers using an interpretive policy analysis theoretical lens (Wagenaar 2011) incorporating a sensemaking perspective on organizational dynamics (Weick, Sutcliffe, and Obstfeld 2005). We portray U.S. EL policies as shaped by varying macro,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Teacher Education
Toohey, Kelleen; Smythe, Suzanne – Language and Education, 2022
In this paper we propose that posthuman and decolonizing perspectives on difference might provide a foundation for English as an additional language (EAL) teacher education programs. We briefly examine current outcomes of schooling for EAL students and current teacher education in Canada, showing the necessity and urgency of developing practices…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Education Programs
Leung, Constant – Language and Education, 2022
English as an Additional Language (EAL) as a professional discipline is a significant component of public education, and a main educational response to the growing ethno-linguistic diversities in many English-speaking countries. In this article I will focus on the ways in which professional language teacher knowledge has changed over time, paying…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Auleear Owodally, Ambarin Mooznah – Language and Education, 2022
The present case study is inspired by preliminary observations of a young adolescent's use of private speech within pretend play to develop disciplinary knowledge in the home domain. Using audio-recordings of the learner's pretend play as a starting point, followed by informal conversations with her, the parent-as-researcher investigates the…
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Females, Play, Imagination
Nic Aindriú, Sinéad – Language and Education, 2022
There have been many instances when parents have been advised by educational professionals against bilingualism or immersion education for their child with special educational needs (SEN). Some parents follow the advice given and decide to use only one language with their child, mainly the majority language of the community. This study…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Decision Making, Special Needs Students, Irish
Anderson, Kate T.; Ambroso, Eric; Cruz, Joshua; Zuiker, Steven J.; Rodríguez-Martínez, Sara – Language and Education, 2022
This study enlists a transformative approach to mixed methods research in order to problematize what different methods can offer for expanding understandings of educator language attitudes and ideologies. Analyses consider Likert-scale survey responses and linguistic autobiography data from a sociolinguistics course in an online Educating…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Language Attitudes, Autobiographies, Essays
Nelson, Brenna Scadden; Petersen, Douglas B.; Rai, Anuradha – Language and Education, 2022
Background: Children in India are among the lowest performing students on international reading comprehension and writing assessments. Oral language instruction may improve these literacy outcomes. Aim: This pilot study investigated whether a multi-tiered system of language support (MTSLS) improved oral narrative language comprehension, reading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Language Processing, Reading Comprehension
Fenwick, Lisl; Herrington, Michele – Language and Education, 2022
Research from the fields of science representation, genre pedagogy and disciplinary literacy for adolescents indicates that achievement for students, including those from linguistically diverse backgrounds, will improve if they engage with the meaning-making conventions of disciplinary texts, but there is no current agreement on the nature of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Teaching Methods, Biology, Science Instruction
Palacios-Hidalgo, Francisco Javier; Gómez-Parra, María Elena; Huertas-Abril, Cristina A.; Espejo-Mohedano, Roberto – Language and Education, 2022
As in other countries, bilingual/multilingual education has become widespread in Spain. However, research either focuses on Spanish programs' implementation, students' performance or teacher training, but not on their contribution to graduates' self-perceived linguistic success (understood as a combination of intercultural competence,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Gundarina, Olena; Simpson, James – Language and Education, 2022
This paper investigates a monolingual approach to the teaching of linguistic minority pupils in an English primary school at Key Stage Two (7-11 years old). The work is based on a longitudinal case study of one Russian-speaking migrant pupil and her schooled experience. The analysis and discussion explicate the prohibition of the first or home…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Elementary School Students, Russian, Immigrants