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Perspectives on the ‘silent period’ for emergent bilinguals in England [PDF]

, 2015
This paper draws together the research findings from two ethnographic studies (Drury, 2007; Bligh, 2011) as a means to problematize the ‘silent period’ as experienced by young bilingual learners in two English speaking early years settings in England ...
Babbie E., Bligh C., Brooker L., Clarke P., Clarke P., Dasgupta P., Drury R., Fleer M., Flick U., Gibbs G., Gregory E., Hall D., Hedegaard M., Kagan J., Kenner C., Ochs E., Rogoff B., Silverman D., Siraj-Blatchford I., Tabors P., Toohey K., Vygotsky L., Vygotsky L., Wolcott H.   +23 more
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The soul of the soil: Unearthing a Nation's eco‐empathy through 1200 years of Persian poetry

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Cultivating a profound sense of connection with the natural world, conceptualized as eco‐empathy, is increasingly recognized as a vital precursor to effective environmental stewardship. While scientific data frame ecological crises, literary traditions offer a unique archive for tracing the history of this empathetic bond. This study positions
Isa Esfandiarpour‐Boroujeni, Ali Shahriari, Leila Kordbacheh, Zohreh Mosleh, Reyhaneh Nejadasadi, Hosnieh Shahriari, Fatemeh Aliabbasi, Reza Mohajer   +7 more
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Ideologies Shaping Language Choices

Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2016
The article presents reasons for African language students’ choices of either taking or not taking isiZulu mother tongue modules at one Higher Education Institution (HEI). The research was prompted by a student’s comment: “Who would like to be taught by
Thabile A. Mbatha
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Learners’ Attitudes towards Teachers’ switching to the mother tongue. The Case of Secondary school learners in Algeria

Indonesian TESOL Journal, 2019
The current study investigated learners views towards the teachers' switching to the mother tongue in  English as a foreign language (EFL) classes in secondary school in Algeria.
Mouleme Manel, Ahdi Hassan, Hakim Ali Buriro   +2 more
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English as the Lingua Franca and the Economic Value of Other Languages: the Case of the Language of Work of Immigrants and Non-immigrants in the Montreal Labour Market. [PDF]

With data from the 2006 Canadian census, we investigate the determinants and the economic values of different languages used at work in the Montreal metropolitan area.
Gilles Grenier, Serge Nadeau
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The Democratic Languages of Exile:Reading Eugene Jolas and Yvan Goll's American Poetry with Jacques Derrida and Hannah Arendt [PDF]

, 2017
Taking from departure Jacques Derrida and Hannah Arendt's divergent points of view on the cultural role of the mother tongue in totalitarian and democratic contexts, this essay investigates the writings of two poets, Yvan Goll and Eugene Jolas, who both ...
Grass, Delphine Brigitte
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A Pedagogy of Wonder: A Spoken Word Poetic Inquiry Into the Complexities of Trauma and Teaching in TESOL

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This forum piece begins with a spoken word poem titled A Pedagogy of Wonder, performed by the author, through which the intersections of trauma, language teaching, and creative inquiry are explored. While TESOL scholarship has predominantly focused on refugee‐background or international students as “traumatized populations,” and on trauma ...
Jennifer Burton
wiley   +1 more source

An analysis of the language shift in the mother tongue of the ethnic Chinese in Malaysia [PDF]

, 2008
Based on the statistics and data collected in a field study, this paper provides a report on the variety and amount of the mother tongue acquired by the same Chinese families over three generations, whose origins are of Fujian, Guangdong, Hakka, Chaozhou
Ang, Lay Hoon
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“I Own My Life Now”: Implications of Trauma Survivors' Language Acquisition for a Pedagogy of Empowerment in TESOL

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the language experiences of refugees and asylum seekers who survived sex trafficking, domestic slavery, and sexuality‐based persecution. Drawing on a longitudinal study of 15 respondents followed across two time points separated by 6 years, all members of an England‐based therapeutic community, we focus here on four ...
Sally Rachel Cook, Jean Marc Dewaele
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Interactive Videos in Multimodal Listening Assessments: Examining Language Learners' Perspectives

TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The academic success of international students who speak English as a second language (L2) hinges on their ability to effectively communicate and comprehend information in English, which requires well‐developed listening skills. Given that real‐world listening mostly involves processing both auditory and visual information, incorporating ...
Shanshan He, Ruslan Suvorov
wiley   +1 more source