Description
Book SynopsisColonialism, contemporary patterns of communication worldwide, the revival of minority languages and immigration have all increased the prevalence of individual multilingualism and the need for individuals to have multilingual proficiency. While multilingualism and multilingual education share certain characteristics with bilingualism and bilingual education, they present unique characteristics, and promoting them presents unique challenges that have seldom been addressed. The chapters in this edited book provide theoretical, empirical and practical bases for planning and implementing multilingual education programmes that prepare students for a multilingual world. The authors address issues related to multilingual acquisition, the use of content instruction in multiple languages to promote multilingual acquisition, teacher education, and the role of culture in multilingual schools. In addition, case studies of multilingual schools from around the world illustrate not only the achievements of multilingual education but also the challenges it poses. This book should interest researchers working on bilingualism and multilingualism, teacher educators and teachers who work or plan to work in bi-multilingual programmes and language policy makers.
Table of ContentsJasone Cenoz and Fred Genesee: Introduction
The Contributors
Part 1: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Multilingual Education
1. G. Richard Tucker: A Global Perspective on Multilingualism and Multilingual Education
2. Jasone Cenoz and Fred Genesee: Psycholinguistic Perspectives on Multilingualism and Multilingual Education
Part 2: Educating Towards Multilingualism
3. Myriam Met: Curriculum Decision-making in Content-based Language Teaching
4. Roy Lyster: Immersion Pedagogy and Implications for Language Teaching
5. Michael Bryam: Cultural Identities in Multilingual Classrooms
6. David Nunan and Agnes Lam: Teacher Education for Multilingual Contexts: Models and Issues
Part 3: Case Studies in Multilingual Education
7. Charlotte Hoffman: Luxembourg and the European Schools
8. Jasone Cenoz: Multilingual Education in the Basque Country
9. Andrew Gonzalez, FSC: Teaching in Two or More Languages in the Philippine Context
10. Nancy H. Hornberger and Luis Enrique López: Policy, Possibility and Paradox: Indigenous Multilingualism and Education in Peru and Bolivia
11. Fred Genesee: A Case Study of Multilingual Education in Canada
12. Nadine Dutcher: Eritrea: Developing a Programme of Multilingual Education
