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Chung Chin Wu – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
To date, little attention has been paid to the impact of immersion programs on learning interests in a second language (L2). The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of two types of Hakka-Chinese bilingual programs (immersion vs. non-immersion) on L2 learning interests. Four kindergarten teachers (two in each program)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Students, Second Language Learning
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Ho, Yann-Ru – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2022
Objective: Taiwan recently published new language education policy documents and Indigenous language textbooks to support the emerging Indigenous language revitalization initiative. Thus, this study investigates how these current Indigenous policy documents and textbooks portray Indigenous agency and also examine how their contents construct…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Educational Theories, Language Minorities, Language Maintenance
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Lin, Man-Chiu Amay – Language Policy, 2019
This study dissects a cross-border linguistic dilemma and critiques the missed opportunities for linguistic diversity in Taiwan. Past studies have shown that immigrant mothers from Southeast Asia are discouraged from transmitting the cultures and languages of their home countries to their children, yet few voices have been heard from the mothers…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Power Structure, Foreign Countries, Criticism
Chou, Lan-Ying – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study addresses one central issue: How do Taiwan's teacher education programs promote future teachers' knowledge that fosters bilingualism in children? Three bodies of knowledge were included in this study. The first reviews the theory of second-language acquisition and bilingualism. The second involves the literature of early childhood…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Schools of Education, Teacher Education Programs
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Chen, Su-Chiao – Language and Education, 2006
The indigenisation and internationalisation of Taiwan emerged as issues of national concern as a result of the democratisation of politics in the late 1980s which profoundly changed the sociopolitical and economic climate. One manifestation of these changes was "new" language-in-education policies. These were the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Economic Climate, Bilingualism
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Sandel, Todd L.; Chao, Wen-Yu; Liang, Chung-Hui – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2006
This study explored language shift and accommodation among bilingual Mandarin and Tai-gi (also called Hokkien, Holo, Tai-gu, Taiwan Min, Taiwanese) families in Taiwan. From the 1940s until the 1980s the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) on Taiwan promoted Mandarin Chinese. Recent years have witnessed a shift in policy: since 2001 elementary schools…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Bilingualism
Ostler, Nicholas, Ed.; Rudes, Blair, Ed. – 2000
Papers for the fourth Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) Conference include the following: "Endangered languages and Literacy" (Nicholas Ostler, Blair Rudes); "Keynote Address: On Native Language Literacy: a Personal Perspective" (Ofelia Zepeda); "A Community's Solution to Some Literacy Problems: The Mayangna of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Applied Linguistics, Dialects, Foreign Countries