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Godley, Amanda J.; Minnici, Angela – Urban Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine how classroom conversations about diverse dialects of English can provide a useful foundation for critical language and literacy instruction for students who speak African American Vernacular English (AAVE) and other stigmatized dialects. This article describes a weeklong unit on language variety that…
Descriptors: Ideology, Language Variation, Literacy, Critical Theory
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Papatheodorou, Theodora – Early Child Development and Care, 2007
This paper reports on the development and evaluation of a project to support the learning of the mother tongue by children aged 4-8 years. The aim of the project was to: actively involve and engage children with learning their mother tongue for functional use; involve parents in the learning process and support them in doing so; and increase…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Community Schools, Second Language Learning
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Phornphisutthimas, Somkiat; Panijpan, Bhinyo; Wood, Edward J.; Booth, Andrew G. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2007
To support student learning in biochemistry and related courses, a simulation program, the Protein Purification Program, offers an alternative multimedia-based tool. This program has now been translated to produce a Thai version. However, translation from the original into the Thai language is limited by the differences between the language…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Thai, Likert Scales, Code Switching (Language)