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Children &Society, EarlyView.Abstract In the context of aspirations that firmly position education as the key to multiple global development goals, we raise concerns about how education is experienced by many children, particularly in low‐income, postcolonial contexts. Drawing from two, in‐depth qualitative studies in Tanzania, we demonstrate that existing pedagogical practices ...
Laela Adamson, Rhona Brown
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Open Journal of Humanities, 2019 Massive immigration waves to Sweden generated noticeable political, social and linguistic changes during the last forty years. Multilingual styles are a result of this incoming mobility.
Luca Gendolavigna
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Diabetic Medicine, EarlyView.Providers, healthcare leaders, adolescents and caregivers identified evidence of intervention effectiveness in lowering glycaemic levels as a key facilitator of implementing a type 1 diabetes behavioural intervention. Critical barriers to implementation include buy‐in among clinic leaders, resource availability within clinics and meeting families ...
Julia Price +6 more
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research shows that many heritage language (HL) students pursue HL study at the university level to reconnect with their cultural roots. While most university‐focused research has examined HL learners, less attention has been given to how teaching and peer mentoring experiences in higher education shape HL identities. This study examines how a
Mi Yung Park
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LanguagesThis study explores the transformation of the ethno-linguistic identity of Kazakhstani student youth within the multilingual context of Kazakhstan, considering the impact of the country’s language policies.
Sholpan Zharkynbekova +4 more
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Dangerously Knowable: A Paradoxical Case of Constructing Radical Hybrid Literacy Practices
Journal of Curriculum Theorizing, 2009 In this paper I describe aspects of a case study of constructing radical hybrid literacy practices that show Lucy Luna, a White 2nd and 4th grade bilingual teacher and I, a White university researcher, engaged in paradoxical work.
Tricia Gallagher-Geurtsen
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Only 5% of the Haitian population is fully bilingual in French and Kreyòl. On the contrary, 95% of the population is monolingual in the native language, Kreyòl. The purpose of this research is to examine the attitudes of Haitian high school students toward Kreyòl and French, particularly as official languages, and investigate the effects of ...
Gerdine Michel Ulysse
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International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Focusing on the narratives of two Japanese undergraduate students, this article examines their everyday experiences of using and learning English, situated within entangled relations of power. Drawing on the Foucauldian notion of discourse, the study reveals how multiple power/knowledge systems—such as native speakerism, prescriptivism ...
Aina Tanaka, Daisuke Kimura
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Socio-Pragmatic Variations in Nigerian Gen-Zers’ Digital Communication
Prasasti: Journal of LinguisticsThis study explored the socio-pragmatic variation in the digital communication of Nigerian Generation Z, with a focus on public interactions on Facebook.
Emmanuel Chinonso Eze +1 more
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Evolving Identities Among Russian-Born Buriat Mongolian Children in a Chinese Bilingual School
The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2016 This article addresses identity issues among a specific group of Indigenous youth, young Buriat Mongolian students, born in Russia, who struggled to understand their sense of cultural identity while living and studying in Chinese Inner Mongolia.
Valerie Sartor
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