Essays about: "aspects bilingualism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words aspects bilingualism.

  1. 1. “But it doesn't really have to do with the bilingualism”: Family language policies in transnational families of bilingual autistic children

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Anna Metreveli; [2022]
    Keywords : autism; bilingualism; family language policy; neurodiversity; ableism; ideology; transnational families;

    Abstract : Family language policy (FLP) investigates family members’ language ideologies, practices, and management strategies. With the growing number of autistic children exposed to bi- or multilingual environments, there is a gap in the existing body of FLP research that has not focused before on speaking and non-speaking autistic children from transnational families. READ MORE

  3. 2. Planning parenthood: How important is it for people who plan to become parents to maintain their cutlure and language while raising their children in a bicultural and bilingual environment?

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

    Author : Maria Stratigi; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The current study aims to investigate the way Greek immigrant couples who live in the United Kingdom and are going to have children, plan to maintain and transmit their language and culture to their future children. Furthermore, the study mainly includes the perceptions of participants about bilingualism and biculturalism. READ MORE

  4. 3. The dilemmas of Mother Tongue Education : The integration of curriculum theory and practice: Chinese Mandarin and Spanish mother tongue teachers’ experiences in Sweden.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Beatrice Hernandez; [2018]
    Keywords : language; Mother Tongue Education; curriculum theory; multilingualism; bilingualism; multiculturalism; identity;

    Abstract : This study aims to gain a broader view, within the frame of a comparative international perspective, of the relationship and dilemmas between the theoretical visions of the curriculum and their applicability in practice by mother tongue teachers within the current organizational structures and given resources. The research uses a qualitative and comparative method and semi-structured interviews of ten mother tongue teachers, five Chinese Mandarin and five Spanish, teaching Compulsory School level 7 to 9 in Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Goal of Literacy Teaching - to Complete School or to Make a Change? A Critical Analysis of Literacy Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms in South Africa

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Nicole Krstic; Nikki Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Access; bilingualism; critical literacy; design; diversity; education; English; language; literacy; literacy teaching; meaning-making; multilingualism; power; South Africa; teaching; engelska; flerspråkighet; kritisk litteracitet; kritiskt textarbete; läs- och skrivförmåga; läs- och skrivundervisning; makt; meningsskapande; mångfald; språk; språkundervisning; Sydafrika; tillgång; tvåspråkighet; undervisning; utbildning;

    Abstract : This qualitative minor field study is conducted in a multilingual public secondary school in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The aim is to analyse the literacy teaching from a critical literacy point of view and to gain new perspectives on how to work with literacy in multilingual classrooms in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 5. Do Bilinguals have More Cognitive Flexibility than Monolinguals?

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

    Author : Andreas Fajerson; [2017]
    Keywords : Bilingualism; Monolingualism; Cognitive flexibility; Task switch; Switch cost; Perseverative errors; Alternating Runs Task Switch Paradigm; Wisconsin Card Sorting Task.; Tvåspråkighet; Enspråkighet; Kognitiv flexibilitet; Skiften mellan uppgifter; Switch kostnad; Fasthållande fel; Alternating Runs Task Switch Paradigm; Wisconsin Card Sorting Task.;

    Abstract : The purpose of the present study was to compare between bilingual and monolingual university students to examine if there was any difference regarding two aspects of cognitive flexibility: the switch cost and perseverative errors. It was hypothesized that bilinguals should have significantly reduced switch cost and perseverative errors than monolinguals. READ MORE