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Alimi, Modupe Moyosore; Matiki, Alfred Jana – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2017
The notion of language as a homogenous, stable and bounded system of communication has waned partly because of increased understanding of the language behaviour of bi/multi-linguals whose language use in different domains is now more appropriately described as translanguaging. The thrust of most definitions is that translanguaging involves the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Code Switching (Language), Translation, Bilingualism

Kay, Gary; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1992
Presents four teaching suggestions: a thinking twist on the multiple-choice question; building active readers through debate; two-column response to literature; and motivating a soldier to form a reading habit. (SR)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Debate, Foreign Countries, Literature Appreciation
Dollerup, Cay; And Others – 1989
A study examined how the third version of a questionnaire on readers' backgrounds (developed for the "Folktale project", which explores similarities and dissimilarities in the response to literature from and in different cultures) fared internationally under field conditions which would not immediately be controlled by members of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Cross Cultural Studies, Data Collection, Folk Culture
2002
Chinua Achebe is one of Africa's best-known contemporary writers. His first novel, "Things Fall Apart," deals with the clash of cultures and the violent transitions in life and values brought about by the onset of British colonialism in Nigeria at the end of the 19th century. Published in 1958, just before Nigerian independence, the…
Descriptors: African Literature, Class Activities, Curriculum Enrichment, Foreign Countries
Dollerup, Cay; And Others – 1989
This paper, number eight in an ongoing series, is part of an interdisciplinary project on the context of reading and reading research that explores similarities and dissimilarities in the response to literature in readers from different cultures. Presented are the written responses from 129 readers in Denmark, Greenland, Great Britain, India, and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Bennett, Helen; And Others – 1988
This paper, number nine in an ongoing series, is part of an interdisciplinary project on the context of reading and reading research that explores similarities and dissimilarities in the response to literature in readers from different cultures. Presented are the written responses from 137 readers in Denmark, Greenland, Great Britain, India, and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Dollerup, Cay; And Others – 1989
This paper, number 10 in an ongoing series, is part of an interdisciplinary project on the context of reading and reading research that explores similarities and dissimilarities in the response to literature in readers from different cultures. Presented are the written responses from 140 readers in Denmark, Greenland, Great Britain, India, and…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Folk Culture, Foreign Countries, Higher Education