Search Results - subject:"language of instruction"

What shapes parents' attitudes towards bilingual education? : evidence from Mozambique

Alhola, Sara; Chimbutane, Feliciano; Reinikka, Ritva - 2025

This qualitative study explores parental attitudes towards bilingual education in Mozambique. To improve foundational learning, several countries in sub-Saharan Africa have re-evaluated their language-ofeducation policies and experimented with bilingual education. Community buy-in is essential...

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Linguistic diversity, school language of instruction policy, and learning outcomes across Asia and the Pacific

Igarashi, Takiko; Suryadarma, Daniel; Yadav, Pooja - 2023

instruction policy, monolingual or multilingual, correlates with learning outcomes. We construct a data set on the language of … a correlation between language diversity and learning outcomes exists, and also, whether a particular language of … instruction policy across Asia and the Pacific and combine it with international assessment results. We find no evidence that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014540352

Linguistic diversity, school language of instruction policy, and learning outcomes across Asia and the Pacific

Igarashi, Takiko; Suryadarma, Daniel; Yadav, Pooja - 2023

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290906

The virtues of native discourse: Striking a balance between English and the native language

Forslund, Eva; Henrekson, Magnus - 2022

An increasing number of researchers, whether in Sweden, Slovakia, Italy, Japan, Brazil, or many other places, are using English in their discourse, written or oral, despite working in a place where the native language is not English. To convey insights and research results to the general public...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278268

The virtues of native discourse : striking a balance between English and the native language

Forslund, Eva; Henrekson, Magnus - 2022

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013401936

Multilingual assessment of early child development : analyses from repeated observations of children in Kenya

Knauer, Heather A.; Kariger, Patricia; Jakiela, Pamela; … - 2019

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Multilingual assessment of early child development : analyses from repeated observations of children in Kenya

Knauer, Heather A.; Kariger, Patricia; Jakiela, Pamela; … - 2019

In many low- and middle-income countries, young children learn a mother tongue or indigenous language at home before entering the formal education system where they will need to understand and speak a country's official language(s). Thus, assessments of children before school age, conducted in a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121170

Quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of mother tongue-based education on reading skills and early labour market outcomes

Argaw, Bethlehem A. - 2016

Prior to the introduction of mother tongue based education in 1994, the language of instruction for most subjects in … the effects of language of instruction on reading skills and early labour market outcomes. The results indicate that the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438379

Quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of mother tongue-based education on reading skills and early labour market outcomes

Argaw, Bethlehem A. - 2016

Prior to the introduction of mother tongue-based education in 1994, the language of instruction for most subjects in … the effects of language of instruction on reading skills and early labour market outcomes. The results indicate that the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532337

Quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of mother tongue-based education on reading skills and early labour market outcomes

Argaw, Bethlehem A. - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447269