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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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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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Martinez, Danny C.; Montaño, Elizabeth – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2016
In this article, we report findings from a yearlong design research project that worked to leverage the language brokering skills of Latina/Latino middle school youth in an urban school setting. We began the project by asking seventh-grade students to talk about the many languages they speak in their daily lives. Throughout the project, their…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, Middle School Students, Urban Schools, Grade 7
Al-Jardani, Khalid Salim Saif – Journal on English Language Teaching, 2012
The paper highlights the concept of consciousness-raising. It relates it to different aspects of ELT such as explicit teaching, language awareness, language acquisition and practice. How these terms are related to the concept of consciousness-raising within the English Language teaching. Its main aim is to help learners to notice for themselves…
Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Concept Formation, Language Acquisition, Language Usage