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Bilingual English Teachers' Perspectives on "English-Only" Policies in an EFL Setting
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Kani, Zeynep Gülsah; Igsen, Hatice – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2022
Various language policies are implemented for foreign language teaching in educational institutions. One of these language policies is the monolingual approach called "English-only", which requires only the target language to be used in the classroom. This policy is largely implemented in private institutions in Turkey. Studies about…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Grappling with the Transformative Potential of Translanguaging Pedagogy in an Elementary School with Syrian Refugees in Post-Coup Turkey
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Toker, Seyma; Olgun Baytas, Müge – International Multilingual Research Journal, 2022
Translanguaging pedagogies have been documented to support language minoritized students in various ways, such as supporting their academic learning, affirming their bi-/multilingual and cultural identities, and disrupting the colonial and monolingual ideologies dominating school curricula. Yet, very few scholars have pointed to the existing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Code Switching (Language), Translation, Bilingualism
Identity Reconstruction of an In-Service Teacher as a Critical Bilingual: An Autoethnography
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Yuzlu, Muhammet Yasar – Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 2023
Purpose: This study presents the emergence of my dynamic bilingualism-induced critical bilingual identity by drawing upon Garcia and Wei's translanguaging perspectives. Design/Methodology/Approach: I adopted an autoethnographic approach focusing on teacher development through research and practice, supported by research on fostering dynamic…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Teacher Attitudes, Bilingualism, Bilingual Teachers
A Literature-Based Approach on International Perspectives of Bilingual Education
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Ozfidan, Burhan; Burlbaw, Lynn M. – Journal of Educational Issues, 2017
This study examines the bilingual education in Spain and in Canada, and discusses their historical backgrounds, current bilingual education programs in use, and teacher proficiency within their bilingual education programs. The purpose of this study is to examine these two countries' bilingual education programs and find a way to implement a…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Bilingual Education Programs, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
The Difficulties of the Bilingual Social Sciences Teacher Candidates in Educational Activities: A Case of Agri Ibrahim Cecen Univeristy
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Keçeci Kurt, Songül – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
This study aims at determining the difficulties experienced by bilingual teacher candidates in education. The study has a qualitative design, semi-structured interview is used and data are obtained with content analysis method. The study group of the research includes 117 students studying at different classes in Agri Ibrahim Cecen University,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingual Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Social Sciences
Geographic Perspectives with Elementary Students: The Silk Road
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Bisland, Beverly Milner – Online Submission, 2006
The purpose of this study is to investigate elementary students' explanations of how physical features of the land influence the location of humanly defined structures including trade routes, such as the silk routes. The silk routes were a series of caravan trade routes that extended from Turkey to China and were located as far south as India and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Grade 4, Grade 6, Prior Learning