Teachers’ understanding of the importance of students’ mother tongue(s) in Qatar’s international English-medium primary schools: findings from Q method research
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DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2021.1925456
Abstract: Through Q methodology, this study explores teachers’ understanding of the importance of their students’ mother tongue(s) in ensuring meaningful, effective learning in Qatar’s international English-... read more here.
Keywords: teachers understanding; mother tongue; students mother; importance students ... See more keywords
The Impact of Mother Tongue Instruction on the Development of Biliteracy: Evidence from Somali–Swedish Bilinguals
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DOI: 10.1093/applin/amx010
Abstract: This study investigates if participation in mother tongue instruction (henceforth MTI) impacts the biliteracy proficiency of young bilinguals, drawing on examples from Somali–Swedish bilinguals and Somali MTI in a Swedish school context. In the study,… read more here.
Keywords: biliteracy; somali swedish; swedish bilinguals; tongue instruction ... See more keywords
Who is the authority? The study of language registers and ideologies in two mother tongue classes in Copenhagen
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DOI: 10.1515/multi-2016-0011
Abstract: Abstract This article investigates encounters between the two overall language resources – standard vs. non-standard and regional varieties – in two linguistic minority communities in Denmark. Concentrating on Turkish and Farsi mother tongue classes, the… read more here.
Keywords: authority study; language; tongue classes; mother tongue ... See more keywords
Effectiveness on the Use of Mother Tongue in Teaching the Concepts of Fraction Among Second Grade of Elementary School Pupils
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DOI: 10.17478/jegys.637002
Abstract: This study evaluated the effectiveness of the mother tongue. It was adopted in a pre-test post-test quasi-experimental design with 82 pupils in the second-grade elementary school as samples. The test from the District Office of… read more here.
Keywords: elementary school; grade elementary; use mother; second grade ... See more keywords
THE ROLE OF MOTHER TONGUE IN SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
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DOI: 10.22333/ijme.2018.110024
Abstract: In the first part of this paper, the author discusses the importance of the first language in the process of learning English as a second language as explored by previous researchers. In the second part,… read more here.
Keywords: role mother; second language; mother tongue; language ... See more keywords