NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Charamba, Erasmos – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
In spite of the fact that increased transnational flows of people have altered the social, cultural, and linguistic landscape, education in Zimbabwe still follows a monolingual trajectory. The use of a language of instruction different from the students' home language has been identified as the major factor in students' academic underachievement.…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Technology Education, Academic Achievement, Code Switching (Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Amy Wanyu Ou; Mingyue Michelle Gu; John Chi-Kin Lee – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This qualitative study investigated the impact of online education on the learning and peer interaction experiences of students from eight universities in Hong Kong over the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. It employed an expansive and spatial notion of translanguaging to explore the process by which students drew on the affordance of virtual…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Achievement, International Education, Semiotics
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Charamba, Erasmos – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
Education for multilingual Physics students in South Africa still has a monolingual bias despite such pedagogy being repeatedly identified as the key factor in students' academic underachievement in the subject. The paper reports on the pivotal role language plays in the comprehension and subsequent academic performance of students in science…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Physics, Science Education, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Tian, Zhongfeng – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
In response to a growing call for developing flexible, multilingual spaces in dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs, this paper explored how [Sánchez, M. T., O. García, and C. Solorza. 2018. "Reframing Language Allocation Policy in Dual Language Bilingual Education." Bilingual Research Journal 41 (1): 37-51.] translanguaging…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction