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Classroom, Media and Church: Explainng the Achievement Differences in Civic Knowledge in Bilingual School System of Estonia
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Põder, Kaire; Lauri, Triin – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2021
This study investigates civic and citizenship education in a unique post-Communist context--in the bilingual education system of Estonia. Estonia continues to have a bilingual school system where there are Estonian and Russian language schools in parallel. While Estonian language school students are ranked very high in international comparisons,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gap, Civics, Citizenship Education
Classroom, Media and Church: Explaining the Achievement Differences in Civic Knowledge in the Bilingual School System of Estonia
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Põder, Kaire; Lauri, Triin – Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2021
This study investigates civic and citizenship education in a unique post-Communist context--in the bilingual education system of Estonia. Estonia continues to have a bilingual school system where there are Estonian and Russian language schools in parallel. While Estonian language school students are ranked very high in international comparisons,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Citizenship Education, Civics, Bilingual Education
Family Literacy Activities and Their Interplay with Family and Preschool Language Environments: Links to Gains in Dual Language Learners' German Vocabulary
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Willard, Jessica A.; Kohl, Katharina; Bihler, Lilly-Marlen; Agache, Alexandru; Leyendecker, Birgit – Early Education and Development, 2021
Research Findings: Are family literacy activities linked to gains in preschool-aged dual language learners' (DLLs') societal language vocabulary? To understand connections between literacy activities and vocabulary, we separately considered literacy activities in the respective heritage language and in the societal language, German, and accounted…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Environment, Native Language, Turkish
The Benefits of Living in Foreign Language Housing: The Effect of Language Use and Second-Language Type on Oral Proficiency Gains
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Martinsen, Rob A.; Baker, Wendy; Bown, Jennifer; Johnson, Cary – Modern Language Journal, 2011
Many colleges and universities in North America employ foreign language housing (FLH) as a means of exposing students to a second language (L2). However, little research examines the effectiveness of these houses on L2 use and gains. The purpose of this study was to examine whether L2 learners living in FLH use the L2 more and whether they make…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Native Speakers, Language Proficiency, Educational Benefits
Speaking Correctly: Error Correction as a Language Socialization Practice in a Ukrainian Classroom
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Friedman, Debra A. – Applied Linguistics, 2010
This study uses a language socialization approach to explore the role of Ukrainian language instruction in the revitalization of Ukrainian as the national language. Based on 10 months ethnographic observation and videotaping of classroom interaction in two fifth-grade Ukrainian language and literature classrooms, it focuses on corrective feedback…
Descriptors: Socialization, Official Languages, Ideology, Ukrainian