Science education today focuses on preparing future citizens who are critical consumers of scientific knowledge and not merely recipients of scientific facts. Thus, meaningful science learning is important in the learning process. The aim of this paper is to explore approaches for facilitating meaningful science learning in a context where an additional language is used as a language of instruction. The findings of this article were drawn from a video study of six teachers in classrooms in Tanzania and group interviews with 18 of their students. The findings suggest various approaches that can support dialogue by the use of an additional language. From this study it was noted that the home language of the learners can be utilised as a mediating agent to facilitate meaningful science learning using an additional language. In addition, hands-on activities, the use of gestures and real-life examples emerge as strategies supporting meaningful science learning in a multilingual context.

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通过使用其他语言进行有意义的科学学习：坦桑尼亚的观点

今天的科学教育着重于培养未来的公民，这些公民是科学知识的重要消费者，而不仅仅是科学事实的接受者。因此，有意义的科学学习在学习过程中很重要。本文的目的是探索一种在使用其他语言作为教学语言的情况下促进有意义的科学学习的方法。本文的研究结果来自对坦桑尼亚教室中六名教师的视频研究，以及对其中18名学生的小组访谈。调查结果提出了各种方法，可以通过使用其他语言来支持对话。从这项研究中可以注意到，学习者的母语可以用作中介，以使用其他语言促进有意义的科学学习。此外，