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1. 1. Towards Intercultural Educational Leadership : Constructions of Leadership in a Heterogenous Language Centre

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

   Author : Scarlett Mannish; [2022]
   Keywords : Educational leadership; mother tongue instruction; intercultural leadership; transformative leadership;

   Abstract : This paper investigates educational leadership of an intercultural employee group in a large language centre providing first-language tuition in Sweden. The project is based on engaged scholarship (Van de Ven, 2007), which describes research in which the researcher works closely with multiple actors on different levels in an organisation in order to establish an overall picture. READ MORE

3. 2. Lived Experiences of a High-Status Language in a Low-Status Medium : Swedish Bilingual Students’ Investment in English Mother Tongue Instruction

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för språkdidaktik

   Author : Scarlett Mannish; [2019]
   Keywords : Cultural Capita; Language Hegemony; Investment; Lived Experiences; Monoglossic Practices; Mother Tongue Instruction; Third Space;

   Abstract : Sweden is one of few countries offering mother tongue instruction (MTI) to students in compulsory education with a native language other than Swedish. Traditionally research has focussed on the benefits of MTI as a space for the development of minority languages despite the logistical and ideological hindrances in execution that have resulted in the subject’s low status. READ MORE