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Mackinney, Erin – Bilingual Research Journal, 2017
This article explores how middle school Latina/o youth articulate their intersecting language identities as part of larger institutional and transnational experiences. Students navigated the multiple labels ascribed to them as members of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program as they shaped perspectives of their bilingual…
Descriptors: Spanish Speaking, Bilingualism, Educational Policy, Language of Instruction
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Makgato, Moses – Africa Education Review, 2015
English is the language of learning and teaching in most schools in South Africa. The ability of teachers and students to understand and communicate with each other in English contributes to better performance in Science and Technology subjects. This article explores the challenges posed by the use of English in the teaching and learning of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Language Usage, Technology Education
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Rattanavich, Saowalak – International Education Studies, 2015
This article presents the lighthouse literacy strategies model using the concentrated language encounter (CLE) approach that has been successfully replicated in many countries in different languages and cultures. A review of CLE research studies and the project implementation in Thailand showed highly significant results in students' literacy…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Illiteracy, Teaching Methods
Cotnam-Kappel, Megan – Canadian Journal of Education, 2014
The following article relates a reflexive ethnographic research project that focuses on youth voice in relation to the process of choosing a high school and a language of instruction in Ontario, Canada. The purpose of this methodological article is to relate a story of research and explore the tensions between theory and practice experienced by a…
Descriptors: School Choice, Conflict, Youth Opportunities, Child Advocacy
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Johnson, Eric J. – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2014
In this discussion, I explore the unfolding effects of Arizona's anti-bilingual education law (Proposition 203) on schools with predominant language-minority student populations. Instead of facilitating academic progress, policies like Proposition 203 impede teachers from "scaffolding" (Long & Adamson, 2012, p. 39) their students'…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, State Legislation, Minority Group Students, Bilingual Education