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'Rigour,' 'Discipline' and the 'Systematic': The Cultural Construction of Educational Research Identities?
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Keiner, Edwin – European Educational Research Journal, 2019
In the present scientific era which prefers evidence-based educational research and methodological gold standards, 'rigour', 'discipline' and the 'systematic' serve as standardising and homogenising concepts and as powerful identifiers of 'normal science' in the context of historical and cultural contingencies. These concepts serve to construct…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disciplines, Academic Standards, Educational Research, Intercultural Communication
The Prestige and Perceived Value of Home Languages. Insights from an Exploratory Study on Multilingual Speakers' Own Perceptions and Experiences of Linguistic Discrimination
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Tobias Schroedler; Judith Purkarthofer; Katja F. Cantone – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This paper reports findings from an exploratory study on multilingual speakers conducted in Germany. Data were collected using a questionnaire instrument launched in 2021. To our knowledge, this is the first enquiry into multilinguals' own perception of their spoken languages in Germany. The core research questions addressed in this paper are (1)…
Descriptors: Native Language, Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Language Attitudes
Code-Mixing and Language Dominance: Bilingual, Trilingual and Multilingual Children Compared
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Poeste, Meike; Müller, Natascha; Arnaus Gil, Laia – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2019
Acquisitionists generally assume a relation between code-mixing in young bilingual and trilingual children and language dominance. In our cross-sectional study we investigated the possible relation between code-mixing and language dominance in 122 children raised in Spain or Germany. They were bilingual, trilingual or multilingual, the latter…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Bilingualism, Multilingualism, Second Language Learning
Critical CALL: Proceedings of the 2015 EUROCALL Conference (22nd, Padova, Italy, August 26-29, 2015)
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Helm, Francesca, Ed.; Bradley, Linda, Ed.; Guarda, Marta, Ed.; Thouësny, Sylvie, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2015
The 22nd EUROCALL conference was held at the University of Padova from the 26th to the 29th of August 2015, the first time that EUROCALL has been held in Italy. The event was organized in collaboration with the University Language Centre and the support of the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies. Over 300 delegates…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Conferences (Gatherings)
Word Length and Word Frequency Affect Eye Movements in Dyslexic Children Reading in a Regular (German) Orthography
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Durrwachter, Ute; Sokolov, Alexander N.; Reinhard, Jens; Klosinski, Gunther; Trauzettel-Klosinski, Susanne – Annals of Dyslexia, 2010
We combined independently the word length and word frequency to examine if the difficulty of reading material affects eye movements in readers of German, which has high orthographic regularity, comparing the outcome with previous findings available in other languages. Sixteen carefully selected German-speaking dyslexic children (mean age, 9.5…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Dyslexia, Children, Word Frequency
Children and Foreign Languages. Report.
Vilke, Mirjana – 1995
This report evolved from the results of a Croatian project of introducing foreign languages (English, French, German, and Italian) into the first grade, begun in 1991 and initially involving about 400 students. Participants from 11 European countries and Croatia were invited to attend a 4-day course, sponsored by the Council of Europe and the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English, Foreign Countries, French