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Anuradha Gopalakrishnan – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Multilingual instruction takes many shapes and forms depending on the affordances and limitations of the context in which it is implemented. Because multilingual instruction is often context-specific, it has to be designed in collaboration with local stakeholders and developed through multiple implementations in the context. While the field of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, German
Ethan Kutlu – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Linguistic ideologies are informed by social stereotyping to maintain the "standard" variety which is often interpreted as morally superior to "nonstandard" varieties. Consequently, these ideologies racialize "nonstandard" varieties, leading to even more negative stereotypes. One outlet of such stereotypes can be…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Attitudes, Language Variation, Social Networks
Makarani, Sakilahmed A. R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This case study engaged Gujarati English as Foreign Language (EFL) teachers in video-based reflection with the goal of increasing their reflective abilities and uncovering their understandings about reflective teaching practices in the Indian pedagogical and cultural context. The study aimed to explore, and gain a deeper understanding of how…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Indians, Case Studies, English (Second Language)
Byker, Erik Jon – ProQuest LLC, 2012
As India aspires to become the information and communication technology (ICT) leader in the world, the education of its children is a primary concern. While India's policymakers expect ICT to usher in promising education changes, there is a limited understanding of how computers are used and negotiated in India's schools. This dissertation is an…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Foreign Countries, Ethnography, Educational Technology
Proctor, Lavanya Murali – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This dissertation examines the ideological connections between schooling, mobility, and social difference among students in New Delhi. In it, I argue that educational mobility, especially with regard to English-language education, is an ideology which seems to offer a path to reduce social difference while in fact protecting it. I also argue that…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Participant Observation, Ideology, Social Differences
Radhakrishnan, Sreedivya – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the perception of vowels by speakers of English and Malayalam, native language of the state of Kerala, India. Three groups of subjects participated in the study, native speakers of English (L1E), native speakers of Malayalam (L1M) and native speakers of Malayalam who learnt English as a second language…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Language Research, Vowels, Second Language Learning