ERIC Number: EJ1458504
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1467-5986
EISSN: EISSN-1469-8439
Multilingual Cooperative Activities for Classroom Social Climate in Heterogeneous Contexts
Céline Buchs
Intercultural Education, v36 n1 p68-81 2025
The study (N = 92) piloted an inclusive programme taking advantage of linguistic diversity in regular primary classrooms in Geneva (Switzerland) to reinforce classroom social climate. The same three-stages programme (activities for opening to others, activities for opening to linguistic diversity, and multilingual cooperative activities) was introduced in three classes, while adapting the content of the activities to different grades (grades 3 to 5). Results indicate that this programme protected against the decrease in the feeling of belonging to the class and in the perception of social relatedness which appeared without the programme in three control classes.
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Group Activities, Cooperative Learning, Class Activities, Social Environment, Foreign Countries, Language Variation, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Teachers, Student Participation, Elementary School Students, Student Characteristics, Student Diversity, Sociocultural Patterns, Multilingual Materials, Learning Activities
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Early Childhood Education; Grade 3; Primary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 5; Middle Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Switzerland (Geneva)
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