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Martínez, José Manuel – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2018
Teachers in mathematics classrooms where the language of instruction differs from students' first language face competing demands regarding mathematics and language teaching. In this study, I conducted an analysis of genre of teaching episodes to examine how a teacher in a Spanish immersion third-grade classroom in the US responded to those…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
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Kong, Stella; Hoare, Philip – International Education, 2012
This paper investigates the development of academic language proficiency through immersion in middle school programmes in Hong Kong and Xi'an. The study reveals that in both contexts students have exposure to complex academic language through teacher talk and textbooks; however, there is not sufficient support for students' academic language use…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Foreign Countries, Language Proficiency, Middle School Students