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Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study on a group of mainland Chinese students' multilingual experiences during their cross-border studies in a Hong Kong university from a language ideological perspective. Drawing on in-depth interviews as the primary dataset, the study investigated the language ideologies held by the participants…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Multilingualism, Language Attitudes, Mandarin Chinese
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Naidoo, Shamila; Gokool, Roshni; Ndebele, Hloniphani – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2018
The Minister of Higher Education, Blade Nzimande's, call on the 5th of April 2011 for South African universities to implement a policy which saw all university graduates exiting with a credit in an African language was the catalyst for the University of KwaZulu-Natal's decision to implement a compulsory isiZulu module for all non-mother tongue…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Compulsory Education, African Languages, College Second Language Programs
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Petreñas, Cristina; Ianos, Adelina; Sansó, Clara; Huguet, Ángel – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2019
We analyse the influence of attending or not attending classes of the language of origin in self-identification and in life-satisfaction. In addition, we analyse how these elements are related to the perception of integration of young immigrants of Romanian origin in a multilingual and multicultural context like that of Catalonia (Spain). We…
Descriptors: Correlation, Life Satisfaction, Immigrants, Foreign Countries
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Schwartz, Mila; Deeb, Inas; Hijazy, Sujoud – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
The aim of this study was to explore patterns of children's agency enactment in second-language learning as reflected in their language learning and social interactions in a bilingual Arabic-Hebrew-speaking classroom. We examined the connection between these behaviour patterns and the children's L2 progress in the bilingual classroom. The study…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Bilingual Education
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Ladegaard, Hans J. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
Recent research has shown that increasing the number of international students and staff in universities does not necessarily make the campus more "international". Ladegaard and Cheng (2014) found that local and non-local students live completely separate lives on campus and do not work together, let alone socialise, unless forced to do…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Study Abroad, Foreign Countries, College Students
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Ianos, Maria Adelina; Huguet, Àngel; Lapresta-Rey, Cecilio – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
Language attitudes have become more relevant than ever as a result of the considerable number of immigrant students enrolled in the Catalan educational system and the challenges this entails in terms of promoting social integration and language learning. Therefore, the objective of the study is to increase our understanding of language attitudes…
Descriptors: Language Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Social Integration