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Sahr, Annabell – Athens Journal of Education, 2020
This qualitative case study draws on a theoretical framework of translanguaging (García & Wei, 2014) and border pedagogies (Cashman, 2015) and seeks to shed light on the question of what role translanguaging can play in students' language learning in a German as a foreign language class at a Hispanic-serving university that is situated in the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Juvonen, Päivi, Ed.; Källkvist, Marie, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2021
With increasing mobility of people across the world, there is a pressing need to develop evidence-based teaching practices that lead to high-quality education, which serves the needs of inclusive societies and social and epistemic justice. This book presents cutting-edge qualitative case-study research across a range of educational contexts,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Code Switching (Language), Multilingualism, Language Usage
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Flores, Nelson – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2019
The term translanguaging has received a great deal of attention in recent years in applied linguistics. Originally coined to describe a bilingual pedagogical approach Ofelia García extended the definition to encompass the multiple discursive practices of bilingual communities. This broader definition has been taken up in many different ways by…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Teaching Methods, Bilingual Education, Second Language Learning
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Gort, Mileidis; Sembiante, Sabrina Francesca – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2015
In recent years, there has been a growing interest among policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in early bilingual development and the unique role of the educational setting's language policy in this development. In this article, we describe how one dual language preschool teacher, in partnership with two co-teachers, navigated the tensions…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Cultural Background, Language Variation
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Gort, Mileidis; Pontier, Ryan W. – Language and Education, 2013
In this paper, we present an analysis of the language practices of four Spanish/English dual language (DL) preschool teachers, focusing on the ways in which the teachers mediate bilingual interactions with students and distribute Spanish and English across different classroom discourse functions. Findings reveal teachers' flexible and strategic…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Second Language Learning, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
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Reyes, Iliana – Bilingual Research Journal, 2008
This study focuses on the characteristics of discourse between Latino immigrant children and their teacher during science instruction. Peer interaction was analyzed to identify the use and importance of the native language (L1) for the development of content knowledge during group collaboration. In addition, the interaction between teacher and…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Speech Communication, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning