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Sanna Mustonen; Maiju Strömmer – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
The number of migrant students in vocational education in Finland is rising. Their educational backgrounds and language resources are diverse, and research is needed to gain better understanding on how their existing knowledge can be acknowledged, supported, and deployed when they become multilingual professionals in their own fields. In this…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Health Personnel, Migrants, Adults
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Oliver, Rhonda; Exell, Mike – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2020
Eight adult Aboriginal people residing in a remote community in the north-west of Australia participated in this research. The data were collected from an 'inside' perspective and, as culturally appropriate, through informal interviews (yarning) and ongoing conversations. These data were recorded as field notes and audio files which were…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Rolland, Louise; Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Costa, Beverley – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2017
This study investigates bi- and multilingual clients' self-reported language practices in counselling and psychotherapy. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through an international web survey inviting adults who had experienced one-to-one therapy to describe their experiences. Analysis of responses by 109 multilingual clients…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Psychotherapy, Code Switching (Language), Native Language
Verma, E. S. – Online Submission, 2016
The article outlines the results of using translation as a tool to help students learn English and French in the multicultural environment of Chandigarh, India. An anonymous group of eight students was observed from 2013 until 2015 to reveal the main concepts of the use of translation in helping Indian students to strengthen their language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, Semi Structured Interviews, Translation
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Wei, Li – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2014
The present study investigates inter-individual variation (linked to personality traits, multilingualism and sociobiographical variables) in attitudes towards code-switching (CS) among 2070 multilinguals. Data were collected through an online questionnaire. We found that high levels of Tolerance of Ambiguity (TA) and Cognitive Empathy (CE), and…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Adults, Multilingualism, Monolingualism
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Dewaele, Jean-Marc; Nakano, Seiji – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2013
Research into multilingualism and personality has shown that a majority of multilinguals report feeling different when they switch from one language to another. The present study looks at perceived shifts on five scales of feelings (feeling logical, serious, emotional, fake and different) in pair-wise comparisons between languages following the…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Attitudes, Code Switching (Language), Language Acquisition
Knoors, Harry, Ed.; Marschark, Marc, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2018
This volume presents the latest research from internationally recognized researchers and practitioners on language, literacy and numeracy, cognition, and social and emotional development of deaf learners. In their contributions, authors sketch the backgrounds and contexts of their research, take interdisciplinary perspectives in merging their own…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Multilingualism