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Showing 1 to 20 of 99 for “"linguistic diversity"”.
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Linguistic Diversity On Africa: Clustering Methods Application On Language Typology Data
… research is to understand the distribution of linguistic diversity and its underlying principles. Linguistic typology allows us to characterize diverse languages in terms of their linguistic features, which can be used to create a relatively comprehensive description of any language. An …
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Money talks: investigating the relationship between linguistic diversity and financial inclusion
… a host of academic literature analyzing the linguistic profile of countries in relation to different socio-economic variables. Among these studies, financial inclusion is rarely one of the variables of interest. Language and financial inclusion are sometimes analyzed together in more granular …
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Engaging differences linguistic diversity and critical literacy pedagogy in the classroom
… with the intertwined issues of language and diversity in the classroom.The study foregrounds the nature of students' and teachers' engagements with linguistic diversity and the role of the teacher in critical literacy. In South Africa there is very little classroom based research which shows …
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Spatial Patterns of Raised Fields and Linguistic Diversity in Mojos, Beni, Bolivia
… earthworks are found in areas of diverse linguistic and ethnic backgrounds. The distribution of these earthworks within various linguistic and ethnic areas suggests a multiethnic or multilinguistic network, in which interaction between these diverse groups occurred, creating diverse …
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Individual variation in early numerical development: Impact of linguistic diversity and home environment
Contains fulltext : 107692.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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"""You don't speak correct English"": Teacher knowledge about linguistic diversity/language acquisition and its role in pedagogy"
… study was to investigate teacher knowledge of linguistic diversity, particularly African American Language. This study is foregrounded by the language of all students and the ways teachers enact knowledge about this topic in their classrooms. Language is, after all, a foundation for all …
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Capitalising on linguistic diversity via a bidialectal intervention programme to improve linguistic performance and sociolinguistic awareness in two proximal varieties
… the benefits associated with capitalising on linguistic diversity in education. In fact, long-standing research on bidialectal models of instruction which use the dialectal native variety in tandem with the standard language has shown that linguistic diversity, when recognised, respected and …
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Linguistic diversity in a monolingual education system : a case study of Texas school districts and their support for English learning students.
… the U.S., the government has maintained a monolinguistic perspective on bilingual education reflected in education policy. In the American education system, English Learner (EL) students are often labeled as "struggling" due to their lack of English proficiency. This focus on the lack of …
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The Case for Contextual Linguistic Diversity: Language Profiling, Multilingual Identity, and High-Level Listening Comprehension Ability in South African University Students
… is undoubtedly increasing, yet some contexts are linguistically more diverse than others purely as a result of the nature of linguistically diverse communities and, by proxy, passive linguistic exposure that individuals may experience by being immersed in the contextual milieu. How the …
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Teacher Training in Linguistic Diversity within Inclusive Education: Cooperation between Non-governmental Non-profit Organizations and Educational Institutions. Situation in Three European Countries
Esta tesis examina la colaboración entre las las organizaciones no gubernamentales sin ánimo de lucro centradas en los alumnos con una lengua materna diferente y los centros escolares de tres zonas geográficas europeas: República Checa, Italia y España. Responde a tres preguntas de investigación: …
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"How can I teach students if I can't speak to them?" Practices experienced elementary general music educators use to respond to linguistic diversity
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms
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The native and nonnative foreign language teacher: Attitudes toward Spanish language varieties
Linguistic diversity in the societal domain is a natural phenomenon at any level of interaction, in any linguistic encounter, yet in the educational setting linguistic diversity is frequently noticed and--rightly or wrongly--tends to be given a high degree of attention, both positively and …
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Developing a pedagogy of pluralistic linguistic expression in the first year composition classroom
… of the importance of legitimizing students' linguistic diversity in the composition classroom. However, a framework for a pedagogy of linguistic diversity does not yet exist. This thesis seeks to provide such a framework by identifying a new genre of academic writing entitled Pluralistic …
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The Cartographic Representation of Language: Understanding language map construction and visualizing language diversity
Language maps provide illustrations of linguistic and cultural diversity and distribution, appearing in outlets ranging from textbooks and news articles to websites and wall maps. They are valuable visual aids that accompany discussions of our cultural climate. Despite the prevalent use of language …
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SHRINE A world englishes approach to english language teaching
… as a Foreign Language (EFL) teaching. Although linguistic research has long recognized the global diversification of English through processes such as language contact, migration, and sociopolitical change, these insights have only partially been translated into practical classroom strategies. …
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Limited English Proficient Mothers' Perceptions of the Transition Process From Early Intervention Programs to Preschool Programs: Cultural and Linguistic Barriers
… special education programs in a culturally and linguistically diverse Illinois public school district. The research focused on understanding if LEP parents of students with disabilities perceived that their own cultural and linguistic diversity affected the overall transition process. It also …
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Applications of Computer Vision in Evaluating the Effects of New Housing Projects
… tools can characterize the visual quality and linguistic diversity of cities and leverage on these novel metrics to study the impact of new housing projects. Streets form a public space and how they look plays an important role in shaping how walkable they are, how safe people perceive them to …
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Reading achievement in Kenya: the language factor
… in Kiswahili. Finally, the study examines the linguistic composition of a pupil's peer circle at school and the effect of the group's linguistic diversity on reading outcomes. The peer effect is isolated using a linguistic fractionalization index. This is done in different grades within the …
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Variation in Raga - a quantitative and qualitative study of the language of North Pentecost, Vanuatu.
If we are to understand global linguistic diversity, we must first understand the mechanisms which engender and maintain it. This is what the Wellsprings of Linguistic Diversity project (Australian National University, 2014-2019) aims to examine by studying variation in small communities of the …
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Variation in Raga - a quantitative and qualitative study of the language of North Pentecost, Vanuatu.
If we are to understand global linguistic diversity, we must first understand the mechanisms which engender and maintain it. This is what the Wellsprings of Linguistic Diversity project (Australian National University, 2014-2019) aims to examine by studying variation in small communities of the …
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