Navigating Messy Research Methods and Mentoring Practices at a Bilingual Research Site on the Mexico-U.S. Border

Pihlaja, Beau; Durá, Lucía

doi:10.1080/10572252.2020.1790665

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“…As a result of all of these, multilingual education is increasingly interacting with each other and crossing the borders of nation-states more frequently than before. Certain changes also joined this in the political and socio-linguistic discourses, which permit and, in part, make the integration and fusion of languages and multilingual education a miracle [44]- [46]. Also, the appearance of the concept of 'linguistic rights' in international legislative documents and legal decisions, which stems from the political struggles for the rights of various groups in democratic countries, has become increasingly common and requires multilingual education.…”

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Multilingual Education From Students: Case Study in Israel and Moldova

Wittman

2024

Jor. Eva. Edu

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Purpose of the study: This study sets out on an innovative exploration to understand the nuanced learning needs of students, particularly focusing on the often-neglected areas of non-formal and multilingual education. Methodology: Utilizing a robust quantitative survey methodology, this research draws insights from a carefully designed questionnaire comprising 20 rigorously validated statements, achieving a commendable Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of 0.82. The study centers on a diverse group of 200 secondary school students from the culturally diverse landscapes of Israel and Moldova. Main Findings: The study investigates the external influences of national and institutional education policies, as well as transformative educational reform initiatives. Internally, it explores personal aspirations such as the desire for knowledge enhancement, professional retraining, and pursuit of individual interests and leisure activities. Furthermore, the research delves into the complex role of foreign languages in the educational framework, highlighting significant gaps in teacher proficiency, pedagogical methodologies, contemporary learning resources, and assessment practices. Novelty/Originality of this study: The uniqueness of this study lies in its recognition of the multifaceted benefits of multilingual education, which goes beyond cognitive development to foster emotional and social enrichment. Central to this discussion is the concept of interlanguage transfer, a phenomenon that captures the dynamic interaction between the languages of bilingual or multilingual individuals, significantly influencing their linguistic abilities. This study not only emphasizes the importance of multilingualism in educational settings but also highlights its potential to enhance the educational experience for students, educators, and society as a whole.

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Multilingual Education From Students: Case Study in Israel and Moldova

Wittman

2024

Jor. Eva. Edu

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“…Staff at PdlF also speak English. Indeed, I interviewed Jorge entirely in English (Pihlaja & Durá, 2020). Patricia too could speak English better than I could speak Spanish at the time.…”

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“…BP conducts its day-to-day communicative and rhetorical work—written and oral, face-to-face, and digitally mediated—primarily with PdlF. I have given a detailed summary of these sites elsewhere, including the two sites’ various relationships with one another, their customers, and their suppliers (refer to Pihlaja, 2020; Pihlaja & Durá, 2020). But it is enough to know that both sites essentially operate as one small manufacturing business.…”

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Everyday Ethics at the Border: Normative Ethics for the 21st Century

Pihlaja

2022

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

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This study uses examples from a case of everyday technical and professional communication (TPC) at a small multinational company on the Mexico–U.S. border to illustrate how coordinating analytical frameworks commonly used in TPC analyses—activity theory (AT) and actor-network theory (ANT)—can help TPC scholars and practitioners negotiate interpreting others’ asynchronous communication fairly and justly, even in complex, intercultural contexts. The examples illustrate why developing normative ethics for the 21st century requires attention to the ways that goal-oriented activity and the flat, networked interaction of the human, nonhuman, and black-boxed forces intersect in everyday TPC practitioners’ lives and work.

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“…With an increasingly robust body of scholarship in transnationalism and globalization (e.g., Ding, 2014;Hunsinger, 2006;Palmer, 2013;Rice & St.Amant, 2018;Starke-Meyerring, 2005;Sun, 2012Sun, , 2020, TPC is well situated for attending to these issues. Doing so would include turning to scholarship in cultural studies , cross-cultural design (e.g., Getto & St.Amant, 2015;Getto & Sun, 2017;Sun, 2012Sun, , 2020Verhulsdonck, 2018;Wang & Gu, 2016;Walton, 2016), intercultural communication (e.g., Ding & Savage, 2013;Thatcher, 2006;Thatcher et al, 2017;Walton, 2014Walton, , 2016, translation (e.g., Batova & Clark, 2015;Gonzales, 2018;Maylath & St. Amant, 2019), and the Global South (Acharya, 2019;Agboka, 2014;Dorpenyo, 2019;Hopton & Walton, 2019;Matheson & Petersen, 2019;Pihlaja & Durá, 2020;Savage & Agboka, 2015;Smith, 2012;Walton et al, 2015).…”

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Introduction to Special Issue on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Communication in the Context of Globalization

Fraiberg

2020

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

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Navigating Messy Research Methods and Mentoring Practices at a Bilingual Research Site on the Mexico-U.S. Border

Cited by 6 publications

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Multilingual Education From Students: Case Study in Israel and Moldova

Multilingual Education From Students: Case Study in Israel and Moldova

Everyday Ethics at the Border: Normative Ethics for the 21st Century

Introduction to Special Issue on Innovation and Entrepreneurship Communication in the Context of Globalization

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