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Handbook of Research on Multilingual and Multicultural Perspectives on Higher Education and Implications for Teaching
The language studied in a modern language course.
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Contextualizing Bilingualism: Emerging From the Classroom to the Community
Tracey R. Jones (Baylor University, USA) and Kimberly R. Trevino (Baylor University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8888-8.ch004
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Bilingual readiness through interaction, language, literacy, and alliances (BRILLA) seeks to align best practices in applied learning pedagogy with opportunities for all students to increase academic and communicative language skills in Spanish while exploring and celebrating the assets that bilingualism and bilingual education bring to one's life and community. BRILLA is implemented through a community partnership between a university and a local school district´s dual language (DL) program. The purpose of this single-site case study is to examine any changes in ULS perceptions of bilingualism and bilingual education through participating in the BRILLA program.
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Language Learners' Social Interaction during Study Abroad: Opportunities, Satisfaction, and Benefits
A language in addition to someone’s mother tongue or first language that they intend to or are in the process of learning.
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