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Individual Agency in Language-in-Education Policy: A Story of Chinese Heritage Language Schools in Multilingual Brussels
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Xiangyun Li; Qi Shen – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2024
It is increasingly recognized that agency plays an essential role in shaping language-in-education policy (LEP) and influencing the learning process. Research on agency has not yet adequately engaged with the field of heritage education and maintenance in diasporas. Drawing on Shohamy's and Bonacina-Pugh's conceptualization of declared, perceived,…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Heritage Education, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries
Complex Sentence Production in Bilingual and Monolingual Children
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Elena Nicoladis; Amanda Luo; George Vouronikos – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2024
Bilingual children often lag behind monolinguals on standardized measures of language acquisition, such as vocabulary tests. This bilingual lag could be related bilinguals' lesser experience with the target language relative to monolinguals. In this study, we predicted that sequential Mandarin-English bilinguals would perform worse than same-aged…
Descriptors: Sentences, Sentence Structure, Bilingualism, Monolingualism
Empowering Novice Mandarin Learners' Transformative Learning through Critical Virtual Exchange--A Multimodal, Translanguaging Design
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Liling Huang – ProQuest LLC, 2024
A key goal in World Language Education (WLE) is challenging learners' preconceived notions about other cultures, aligning with the leading intercultural competence models, national language teaching standards, and the emerging Transformative Language Learning and Teaching (TLLT) paradigm. However, challenging stereotypes remains a concern to…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Transformative Learning