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The Experiences of Mexican Language Teachers in Transnational Contexts
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Mora Vázquez, Alberto; Trejo Guzmán, Nelly Paulina – Language and Intercultural Communication, 2023
The article examines the transnational mobility experienced by two language teachers of Mexican origin, one who migrated to the United States and the other to the UK. Drawing on autobiographies and in-depth interview data, the analysis shows the complex relationship of different factors in shaping how the participants experienced their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Teachers, Mexicans, Faculty Mobility
'It's Not Just Linguistically, There's Much More Going on': The Experiences and Practices of Bilingual Paediatric Speech and Language Therapists in the UK
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Mélanie Gréaux; Jenny L. Gibson; Napoleon Katsos – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Despite the high prevalence of bilingualism in the United Kingdom, few speech and language therapists (SLTs) are bilingual themselves. Most SLT research on bilingualism has generated knowledge to inform service delivery for bilingual clients, but few studies have investigated how being a bilingual SLT influences one's professional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Speech Language Pathology, Allied Health Personnel, Bilingual Teachers
Ideology and Policy: Exploring Barriers to Translanguaging between Chinese Teachers and Learners in a UK University
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Zhe Zheng; Luke Lawrence – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2024
Over the past few decades, there has been a sharp increase in the number of international students enrolling in postgraduate courses at UK universities, with students from China making up the single largest national group. At the same time, there has been a gradual increase in Chinese teachers and faculty members, as these same students continue…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Bilingual Teachers, Bilingual Students
Linguistic Capital of Trainee Teachers: Knowledge Worth Having?
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Safford, Kimberly; Kelly, Alison – Language and Education, 2010
This research is an interpretive study of individual and institutional language practices based on an analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from a large higher education institute of teacher training in Britain. The study explores teacher professionalism in relation to language, examining the "invisible" linguistic and cultural…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Monolingualism
Bilingual Resources and "Funds of Knowledge" for Teaching and Learning in Multi-ethnic Classrooms in Britain.
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Martin-Jones, Marilyn; Saxena, Mukul – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2003
Reports on an ethnographic study carried out in primary classrooms in the North West of England. Focused on ways in which the roles of new bilingual classroom assistants were being defined through organizational practices and communicative routines of daily life in these classrooms. Reports bilingual teaching/learning events in which the bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Classroom Environment, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
Precarious Relationships: Perceptions of Culture and Citizenship among Teachers of German.
Arthur, Lore – Compare, 2002
Examines whether native speakers of German have different attitudes toward their own culture and other cultures than native speakers of English who teach German as a second language. Discusses the extent personal background influences classroom language teaching. Questions the meaning of the concept of citizenship in teachers' personal and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Citizenship, Comparative Education, Cultural Awareness