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In multilingual classrooms, use of different languages is an important, although often neglected or not appreciated, resource (Clarkson, 2007; Moschkovich, 2002). Multilingual classrooms based in multilingual and multicultural societies present potentially rich instances of language and cultural resources that can inform language sensitive teaching strategies for developing conceptual understanding among students (see, Cummins, 2000; Duval, 2006).
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Bose, A., Clarkson, P. (2016). Students’ Use of Their Languages and Registers. In: Halai, A., Clarkson, P. (eds) Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Multilingual Classrooms. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-229-5_9
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