Category: Plurilingualism – Bilingualism
Beliefs of Multilingual Students Regarding a Multilingual Approach Used to Enhance Comprehension of the Academic Language
In multilingual contexts, a more multilingual focus is starting to be implemented in both language and content subjects’ classrooms because …
Language-Specific Gesture Patterns in Bilinguals: Differences Between L1 and L2
Bilingualism involves mastery of both speech and gesture patterns in a second language (L2). Previous studies on first language (L1) …
What Languages Are Present in My Ideal School? Analyzing Prospective Teacher Beliefs About Language Learning in the Basque Country
The beliefs and thoughts of future teachers can offer valuable information, among others, to see how they understand the profession, …
Why Do Secondary School Pupils in Wales Choose to Study a Modern Foreign Language?
This paper reports on research examining why pupils choose to study a Modern Foreign Language at examination level in Wales. …
How the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages Limits Itself From Harnessing Its Economic and Societal Benefits
Previous qualitative and quantitative studies (Liu, 2015) argue that promoting minority languages increases in FDI and GDP and societal public …
Children’s Incidental Learning of English Through Cartoons: An Italian Case Study
The presentation concerns a qualitative and longitudinal case study of two young Italian children acquiring English incidentally, while enjoying cartoons …
Family Language Policy and Immigrant Chinese Children’s Bilingual Development in New Zealand Context
The concept of Family Language Policy (FLP) and the studies on how immigrant families transmit their heritage language to the …