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Mbirimi-Hungwe, Vimbai – Applied Linguistics, 2021
The recent shift in the field of applied language studies has shown that multilingualism has benefits when used for academic purposes. The study aimed to find out students' perceptions about the use of translanguaging to understand academic concepts. The study used five first-year South African medical students at a South African university who…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Student Attitudes, Medical Students, Code Switching (Language)
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Erling, Elizabeth J.; Brummer, Michael; Foltz, Anouschka – Applied Linguistics, 2023
This study provides a counter-narrative to commonly found deficit discourses about LX English learners from migration backgrounds in Europe. A questionnaire was conducted with 108 middle school students and 100 high school students in Austria in a context which has been relatively unexplored: non-elite, linguistically diverse small-town schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning