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Expanding Our World through Global Inquiries
WOW Stories, 2014 The teachers of Chinle Junior High use global literature to engage students in inquiry as a way of encouraging students to read and write. Through this.
Mary Ann Conrad
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Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the factors influencing Persian language learning among heritage language learners in Sydney, Australia, with a particular focus on how formal and informal settings shape language choice and availability. The research employs a qualitative case study approach, incorporating data from student focus groups, semi ...
Mojgan Mokhatebi Ardakani, Dara Tafazoli
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Cross-Cultural Understanding through Children’s Literature
WOW Stories, 2011 This vignette investigates and notes the results of introducing multicultural picturebooks to the classroom and allowing students to read and critically engage with the text on their own, rather than having the content taught to them.
Melanie Bradley, Zeinab Mohamed
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Bridging the research‐practice divide: Insights from a Korean online Community of Practice
Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.Abstract This study introduces the case of a Korean online Community of Practice (CoP) as a venue for researcher‐practitioner dialogue, following persistent calls from instructed second language acquisition researchers to foster links between research and practice.
Nari Kim
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Multicultural Literature in the Secondary Science Classroom: Connections to Content and Culture
WOW Stories, 2012 In this vignette, a science teacher integrates global literature into the curriculum to allow students to not only access science content, but also connect in a deeper way to the experiences and perspectives of young people in other cultures.
Jennifer Hart Davis
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Messages from the Inside?: Multiculturalism in Contemporary Australian Children's Literature
, 2003 Sharyn M. Pearce
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Foreign Language Annals, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines the language learning investment of five intermediate learners of Spanish at a tertiary institution in The Bahamas. It draws on participants’ language learning journeys to consider how their previous experiences and access to language learning opportunities contributed to their investment.
Valentino Rahming
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The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.Short Abstract Translanguaging spaces can enable students to have conversations about peace and reconciliation. Such translanguaging opportunities can also contribute holistically to their pedagogic development through the use of full linguistic repertoires.
Anastasia Christou +1 more
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Seeing Me: Confronting Real and Symbolic Borders through Stories
WOW Stories, 2017 This vignette explores the effects of a global text set centered on forced journeys and immigration in a multicultural classroom. By allowing the students to relate to the narratives, critically discuss what is portrayed, and engage deeply with the text,
Desiree Cueto, Julia Hillman
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The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.Short Abstract The ‘free‐to‐work, free‐to‐settle’ feature of the EU's temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees has led millions to various locations, with the majority gravitating towards urban areas. However, due to housing shortages, a significant number have moved to peripheral municipalities experiencing depopulation.
Jofelle Tesorio
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