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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"additional languages"”.
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The role of a school community's perceptions of the implications of a change in language policy in a Western Cape primary school
… the development and promotion of all official languages. LiEP also gives a clear directive for additive bilingualism whereby the home language of learners should be encouraged as the foundation for learning additional languages. This policy is clearly aligned with the constitutional provisions …
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Exploring multiple language learning from an existential perspective: an applied philosophical inquiry of self-cultivation and aspiration in language learning
… forming journeys of the a LLer of multiple languages over the course of 15.5 months throughout times of existential uncertainty. Relatedly, advances in the field have been made through psychometric approaches that tend to aggregate LLers into categories, while few whole-person philosophical …
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Using clickers in an isiXhosa Communication Course: A case study on implementation of Interactive Student Response Systems (clickers) for learning isiXhosa as an Additional Language in Higher Education clinical settings
… with medical faculties, promote the learning of additional languages. Stellenbosch University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (SUFMHS) offers an isiXhosa Clinical Communication (XCC) course as part of some undergraduate courses. This study explores the use of clickers, a student …
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Acquisition of English by Additional Language Learners in Inquiry-Based Classrooms Within International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program Schools
… necessitating the need for an English as an Additional Language (EAL) curriculum. The IB’s philosophy of language acquisition is deeply integrated into its documents, school policies, and classroom practices. Consequently, all IB teachers, not just those who teach additional languages, are …
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Learning Irish in English-medium primary schools in Ireland: understanding children’s views and experiences through a child-centred methodology
… study suggests a need for additional supports in developing pre-service and in-service teachers’ knowledge and application of a communicative approach in Irish lessons in English-medium primary schools. In addition, giving children ownership of their learning by …
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Ideologies, policies, and practices: Japanese language education in Australian secondary schools
… as expressed in general attitudes towards additional languages education. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on JLTs was also considered. Drawing on Language Planning and Policy and a critical sociocultural approach, this qualitative case study employed Thematic Analysis and Critical …
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Towards a Multilingual Future: The Ecology of Language at a University in Eastern Ukraine
In Ukraine, the Russian and Ukrainian languages have historically alternated in policy and practice in their official status and social prestige. As in many areas of the world, English is emerging in Ukraine as a language of economic value, social prestige, and education though it is not a language …
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Designed to fail: evaluating grade 1-3 English first additional language textbooks as preparation for English medium grade 4 natural sciences and technology in South Africa
… learning of English in the subject English First Additional Language (EFAL) in Grades 1-3 prepare them to make sense of a Grade 4 Natural Sciences and Technology (NST) textbook?' This study employed content and discourse analysis, specifically relating to school textbooks and curriculum documents. …
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Ontology verbalization in agglutinating Bantu languages: a study of Runyankore and its generalizability
… they generate text in English, yet indigenous languages are still predominantly spoken throughout the continent, especially in rural areas. The existing healthcare NLG systems cannot be reused for Bantu languages due to the complex grammatical structure, nor can the generated text be used in …
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The teaching and learning of Hawaiian in mainstream educational contexts in Hawai‘i: Time for change?
… have taken place in the teaching and learning of additional languages since the beginning of the 20th century have had little impact on the teaching and learning of Hawaiian in mainstream educational contexts in Hawai‘i. The vast majority of the teachers surveyed had little or no training in …
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Te whakaako i te reo Māori i te kura auraki tuarua i Aotearoa nei: Kei tua o te awe māpere. The teaching of te reo Māori in English-medium secondary schools in New Zealand: Beyond the mask.
… guidelines documents for a number of foreign languages have been available for many years, it was not until 2009 that the final version of a curriculum guidelines document for the teaching and learning of te reo Māori in English-medium schools became available. Furthermore, while there clearly …
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Constructing a pedagogical third space with multilingual children: A case study of the bilingual Stars of Today Literacy Club# (STLC#)
… in education policy in practice, which teaches languages in silos as Home and First Additional Languages, is the deficit construction of Black African language - emergent English speaking bi-multilingual children. This study argues that the curriculum's construction of separate Home and …