AbstractThis article is based on a subset of data gathered in a bi-national PhD study regarding measures of parental encouragement when comparing immigrant background and native students (n=233) in Catalonia (Spain) and California. The ANOVA means comparisons of parental encouragement…

This article will first give an overview of multicultural, multilingual Britain and place it within the context of community literacy. It will then discuss education reforms and policies that have aimed to place multicultural and multiple literacy at their centre…

The topic of pacing at the level of the individual class hour has received relatively little coverage in research literature.  In order to provide a research-based take on the issue, the current work surveys the existing literature, develops terminology and…

This article provides a summary of some of the key ideas of Seedhouse (2004). The study applies Conversation Analysis (CA) methodology to an extensive and varied database of language lessons from around the world and attempts to answer the question…

This volume stems from the assumption that metalinguistic awareness, a skill developed during first language acquisition, is also fundamental to the development of second language competence in children. (...)Este volumen se deriva de la hipótesis de que la conciencia metalingüística,…

En grande partie, ce volume 5.3 aborde des questions de multiculturalisme et de mondialisation en éducation. (...)In a large part, volume 5.3 is about international and intercultural aspects of education. (...)En gran parte, el volumen 5,3 trata de educación internacional…

Evidence-based practice has become a cornerstone to the development of many professions over the last twenty years, ranging from health and social sciences to education. Research based on reflective practice provides the impulse...En els últims vint anys, pràctiques basades en…

AbstractA detailed analysis is provided here of the concept, perceptions and attitudes towards native and non-native English speaking teachers. The notion that the ideal language educator is a native speaker is explained and questioned, and examples of the unfair treatment…

This issue is an especially exciting one for me as editor of Bellaterra. We have now been publishing this journal for more than twelve months and in this volume, new features that are the fruit of our experience from this…

This issue, with special editor Natalia Evnitskaya, is about CLIL (Content Language and Integrated Learning). It is dedicated to Mia Victori Blaya, who passed away on the 29th November 2010 ...Aquest volum, editat per Natalia Evnitskaya, versa sobre la implementació dels enfocaments AICLE (Aprenentatge…