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Coachman, Erika de Freitas; Fernandes, Izabelle da Silva – AILA Review, 2023
The aim of this paper is to analyze a set of didactic materials developed to teach English as an Additional Language at a Brazilian public school in Rio de Janeiro. Such materials were designed to invite 7th grade students with diverse social, racial, and economic backgrounds to learn about the world and the English language from viewpoints that…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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David, Samuel S.; Cole, Mikel W. – Classroom Discourse, 2021
This article, a case study of a single instance of collaborative translation in the classroom, explores the role of material mediation and embodied activity in the linguistic problem solving work of emergent multilinguals. We describe one teacher's lesson with a small group of Spanish speaking students in her 7th grade ESL classroom. Collaborative…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Natascha Drachmann – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
Within educational research, there has been an increased interest in recent years to develop learners' language awareness (LA) in the context of plurilingual education. Recommendations and intentions are given pointing to the benefits, but there are few concrete tools for how it can be carried out in practice. The article seeks to contribute to…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teacher Attitudes, Models, Metalinguistics
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Çigdem Bozdag; Yasemin Karakasoglu – Global Studies of Childhood, 2024
Digital media provide easy access to media content in multiple languages from local, national, and transnational contexts. This accessibility of diverse content enables young people in the migration society to develop multilingual and transnational media repertoires: they have the option to continuously and strategically navigate between different…
Descriptors: Multilingual Materials, Foreign Countries, Media Education, Multimedia Materials
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Rutt, Alexis A.; Chang-Bacon, Chris K. – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2023
Among inequities faced by multilingual learners, engagement in science education is one of the most persistent. Research suggests leveraging students' full multilingual repertoires in science education can help address this gap. However, pervasive monolingual norms in schooling may impede multilingual engagement, impacting students' multilingual…
Descriptors: Monolingualism, Metalinguistics, Grade 7, Units of Study
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Myrset, Anders – Intercultural Communication Education, 2021
This article reports on a study investigating the role of scientific concepts in the metapragmatic awareness of Norwegian primary EFL learners following a four-week instructional intervention on requesting informed by sociocultural theory (Vygotsky, 2012/1934). Through introducing pragmalinguistic and sociopragmatic dimensions of requesting, the…
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)