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Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Multilingual Classrooms pp 11–23Cite as

Mathematics Education and Language Diversity

Past, Present and Future

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There is a growing body of research on mathematics education and language diversity and increasingly this research is published in international mathematics education journals as well as linguistics journals focusing on language and education. The first journal paper on mathematics and language diversity to be published in an international mathematics education journal appeared in 1979.

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    Mamokgethi Setati Phakeng

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Phakeng, M.S. (2016). Mathematics Education and Language Diversity. 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_2

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