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Multiple Approaches to "Appropriateness": A Mixed-Methods Study of Elementary Teachers' Dispositions toward African American Language as They Teach a Dialect-Shifting Curriculum
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Zachary Maher; Carolyn Mazzei; Ebony Terrell Shockley; Tatiana Thonesavanh; Jan Edwards – Reading Research Quarterly, 2024
Despite decades of sociolinguistic research, African American Language (AAL) remains stigmatized throughout the United States education system. There have been proposals to counteract this through curricula and/or ideological interventions targeted at teachers that seek to validate AAL while maintaining Dominant American English (DAE) as an…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Elementary School Teachers, Kindergarten, Grade 1
The Structural Relations of Component Reading Comprehension Skills in Kiswahili: The Influence of Socio-Economic Status and Home Literacy Environment
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Brenda Aromu Wawire; Gorrety Nafula Wawire; Francis Kiroro – Reading Research Quarterly, 2025
This research explores structural relations among the component skills of reading comprehension in Kiswahili. Furthermore, the study examines the relationship between socio-economic status, home and school language use, and home literacy environment with Kiswahili reading outcomes. The study utilized secondary data from the baseline Tusome…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, African Languages, Reading Comprehension, Socioeconomic Status
Language Literacy, Language Education Policy and Classroom Practices in a Thai Primary School Context
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Thanyathamrongkul, Rattima; Singhasiri, Wareesiri; Keyuravong, Sonthida – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
Prompted by UNESCO initiatives on promoting world literacy (UNESCO, 2005, 2014), many countries, including Thailand, have launched language education policies to push literacy development forward. Accordingly, this study seeks to investigate the policies promoting literacy in Thailand and their implementation at the local level. Language education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Thai, Literacy Education, Educational Policy