Pupils’ Strategies for Using Multilingualism in Geography Lessons: Successful Learning with Multimedia and Multilingual Media Offerings in Geography Lessons

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

The article is clear, innovative and very important in terms of migration and education. My only concern is that the author sheds more light on the pro and con strategies used by students when using the platform. Some showed great skill while others struggled. Could you indicate the differences in a more relevant way in the discussion and propose a conclusion with ‘good practices’ for students and teachers.

My other concern is the difficulty of comparing students because their backgrounds vary so much. Could you elaborate on this aspect to avoid vague conclusions?

Author Response

Reviewer 1:

My only concern is that the author sheds more light on the pro and con strategies used by students when using the platform. Some showed great skill while others struggled. Could you indicate the differences in a more relevant way in the discussion and propose a conclusion with ‘good practices’ for students and teachers. 

--> The changes have been incorporated into the work. Both the curricular embedding and the possibilities for teacher implementation have been addressed.

My other concern is the difficulty of comparing students because their backgrounds vary so much. Could you elaborate on this aspect to avoid vague conclusions?

-->The limitations of the transferability of the results were discussed. In particular, the background of the pupils was taken into account. The type of school and country is an important aspect.

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

To begin with, I would like to thank the authors for their work. The use of multilingual teaching materials is fundamental to the promotion of multilingual, multicultural, and thus more inclusive classrooms. It is a comprehensive piece of research that meets the requirements for publication. Before that, however, I would like to share some suggestions with you:

- First, the paper must be proofread.

- Second, the discussion and conclusions section should be more developed, including: a greater number of citations and further links to the scientific literature that appears in the theoretical framework; the limitations of this study; a summary table providing guidance and recommendations on how to create multilingual learning materials, strategies...(a summary of the didactic implications).

I hope I have been able to make a positive contribution to the improvement of your work. 

Kind regards,

 

 

Author Response

Reviewer 2: 

First, the paper must be proofread. --> The text has been linguistically revised.

Second, the discussion and conclusions section should be more developed, including: a greater number of citations and further links to the scientific literature that appears in the theoretical framework

--> The conclusion has been revised and clarified according to the reviewer's criteria.

the limitations of this study; a summary table providing guidance and recommendations on how to create multilingual learning materials, strategies...(a summary of the didactic implications).

--> The limitations were discussed so that the limits of transferability became clear. Recommendations were made for practical implementation at different levels. In particular, how teachers and school administration (curriculum) can meet the challenges of multilingual education.