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English in the Internationalization of Higher Education and International Student Mobility
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Kenichiro Kurusu; Chisato Oda; Mikhail Alic C. Go; Di Wu; Kevin Brandon Saure; Sakshi Narang – AILA Review, 2024
In this article, we discuss the significance of English in the internationalization of higher education and international student mobility, using Kachru's (1985) Three Circles Model of World English. As education is one of the major forms of migration (Liu-Farrer, 2022; Borlongan, 2023) in the so-called 'age of migration' (cf. de Haas, Castles,…
Descriptors: Student Mobility, Foreign Students, Global Approach, Higher Education
Language Ideologies and Practices in Flux: The Case of an Italian-Chinese Transnational Family
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Yvonne Tse Crepaldi; Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2024
Transnationals constitute one-third of the population of the economically prosperous Singapore. Applying a family language policy (FLP) framework and collaborative autoethnography from data (interviews, videos, and diaries) spanning 13 years, this study delves into the linguistic journey of an Italian-Chinese family with two children born in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Multilingualism, Foreign Nationals, Case Studies
A Multilingual Approach to Analysing Standardized Test Results: Immigrant Primary School Children and the Role of Languages Spoken in a Bi-/Multilingual Community
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De Angelis, Gessica – Intercultural Education, 2014
The present study adopts a multilingual approach to analysing the standardized test results of primary school immigrant children living in the bi-/multilingual context of South Tyrol, Italy. The standardized test results are from the Invalsi test administered across Italy in 2009/2010. In South Tyrol, several languages are spoken on a daily basis…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Test Results, Immigrants, Foreign Countries
English L3 Learning in a Multilingual Context: The Role of Parental Education and L2 Exposure within the Living Community
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De Angelis, Gessica – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2015
The present study examines two factors in relation to English L3 proficiency development and school performance in a third language: (a) parental education and (b) second language exposure within the living community. Participants (n?=?50) are Italian L1 students with German L2 and English L3. All students (eighth grade, 14 years of age) were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Multilingualism, Italian