Essays about: "mother tongue instruction"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words mother tongue instruction.
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1. The Role of Language of Instruction: The Case of Morocco
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : This paper explores the differential and intergenerational effects of Morocco's 1983 language policy that changed the language of instruction for most subjects in grades 6 to 12 from French to Classical Arabic. Although the policy has faced ongoing criticism over four decades, the plausible heterogeneous effects of the policy on marginalized groups and its intergenerational impact have yet to be investigated in the literature. READ MORE
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2. Towards Intercultural Educational Leadership : Constructions of Leadership in a Heterogenous Language Centre
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudierAbstract : 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
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3. A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON THE USE OF ENGLISH AND SWEDISH AS THE LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION IN PRIMARY EFL CLASSROOMS IN SWEDEN
University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikationAbstract : It has been widely debated whether the use of the mother tongue is effective when learning a new language or if teachers should instead use the target language all the time in a language classroom. While some research shows that the use of the mother tongue is detrimental, other studies suggest that it can be used as a tool (e.g. READ MORE
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4. Latvian Language Policy : Unifying or Polarizing? Reconstructing the Political Debate on Language Reform in the Latvian Education System
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utvecklingAbstract : Languages are not just systems for communication, they are also often a marker of ethnic and/or national identity and sometimes a politically contentious issue. A country where this is the case is Latvia, which has a large Russian-speaking population. During the Soviet occupation of Latvia, Russian became the dominant language in public life. READ MORE
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5. 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 språkdidaktikAbstract : 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
