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Reading gains from first-language instruction in multilingual primary classrooms: a two-year study in 46 Karnataka schools
Dr. Ishita Barua, Prof. Suresh Nair, Rukmini Shetty
Lighthouse Journal of Education & Pedagogy2026Education & Language22 citations
Karnataka's primary classrooms routinely contain children whose home languages differ from the medium of instruction. We report a two-year study in 46 government schools comparing a structured first-language bridging programme against busin…
https://doi.org/10.53456/ljep.2026.9.1.45
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The Multilingual Classroom
Prof. Suresh Nair, Dr. Ishita Barua
Lighthouse Education2025Education & Language
Written for teachers who have thirty children and eleven home languages between them, and for the people who train those teachers. Every chapter pairs research evidence with classroom procedure, and every procedure has been used in an India…
https://doi.org/10.53456/book.2025.multilingual
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Lighthouse Journal of Education & Pedagogy
Prof. Suresh Nair, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Biannual · ISSN 2456-81982017Education & Language
Classroom research, curriculum and assessment, teacher education and the politics of schooling, with a focus on multilingual and under-resourced settings.

Reading gains from first-language instruction in multilingual primary classrooms: a two-year study in 46 Karnataka schools