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Mother Tongue, Please!, Anannya Chakraborty
Mother Tongue, Please!, Anannya Chakraborty
Teacher India
There is sufficient research to show that mother tongue-based multilingual education (MTB-MLE) can help improve learning levels of students. Anannya Chakraborty discusses the key role of teachers in driving MTB-MLE and the systemic challenges of successfully engaging teachers in such programmes.
Learning The Chinese Language In An Australian School, Ruilan Yuan
Learning The Chinese Language In An Australian School, Ruilan Yuan
Shannon Research Press
This study deals with the learning of Chinese as a foreign language across school grades in South Australia. The purposes of the study are briefly to measure student achievement in learning the Chinese language across grade levels from Year 4 to Year 12 over a period of 12 months; investigate the factors that influence learners' continuing with the study of the Chinese language; and identify the factors that influence student achievement in learning the Chinese language within and between school grades. The term 'Chinese language' in this study refers to the Mandarin Chinese language, rather than the many other dialects …