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Book SynopsisThis book promotes linguistically responsive foreign language teaching practices in multilingual contexts by facilitating a dialogue between teachers and researchers. It advances a discussion of how to connect the acquisition of subsequent foreign languages with previous language knowledge to create culturally and linguistically inclusive foreign language classrooms, and how to strengthen the connection between research on multilingualism and foreign language teaching practice. The chapters present new approaches to foreign language instruction in multilingual settings, many of them forged in collaboration between foreign language teachers and researchers of multilingualism. The authors report findings of classroom-based research, including case studies and action research on topics such as the functions and applications of translanguaging in the foreign language classroom, the role of learners’ own languages in teaching additional languages, linguistically and culturally inclusive foreign language pedagogies, and teacher and learner attitudes to multilingual teaching approaches.
Trade ReviewDriven by passion, the authors in this inspiring book contribute to the paradigm shift in foreign language teaching in multilingual classrooms. The researchers explore innovative ways to close the gap between theory and classroom practices in the interest of learners and teachers. The book represents an important contribution to this expanding field. * Durk Gorter, University of the Basque Country; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Spain *
This innovative, timely volume bridges the gap between the exciting theoretical advancement of the multilingual turn and the classroom practices in foreign language teaching. It is genuinely inspiring for multilingually aware teachers, especially those who work in traditional foreign language settings and who wish to draw on learners' holistic linguistic repertoire and to enact pedagogical translanguaging in diverse language classrooms. * Yongyan Zheng, Fudan University, China *
Multilingualism is the norm in most societies across the globe. In this ambitious and highly relevant book, the authors bring together fresh and significant insights on multilingualism from a variety of perspectives and educational contexts. * Åsta Haukås, University of Bergen, Norway *
The main advantage of the volume is that it presents real-life examples reductionistically, by breaking down aspects of certain multilingual teaching practices by specific multilingual contexts and levels of education, and then drawing conclusions holistically [...] Overall, the volume succeeds in illustrating hands-on approaches to FL instruction, always respecting the complexities of multilingualism and inclusion.
-- Elena I. Madinyan, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia and Maurice Cassidy, International House London * Training, Language and Culture, Volume 6 Issue 3, 2022 *
Table of ContentsFigures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Acronyms
Contributors
Introductions
Part 1: Towards a Multilingual Paradigm in Foreign Language Education
Chapter 1. Anna Krulatz, Georgios Neokleous and Anne Dahl: Multilingual Approaches to Additional Language Teaching: Bridging Theory and Practice
Chapter 2. Nayr Ibrahim: Mainstreaming Multilingualism in Education: An Eight-Ds Framework
Chapter 3. Ngoc Tai Huynh, Angela Thomas and Vinh To: Enhancing Foreign Language Teachers’ Use of Multicultural Literature with an Analytical Framework for Interpreting Picturebooks about East Asian Cultures
Part 2: Languaging Practices in Multilingual Classrooms
Chapter 4. Tanja Angelovska: The Multilingual Language Classroom: Applying Linguistically Diverse Approaches for Handling Prior Languages in Teaching English as a Third Language
Chapter 5. Mirjam Günther-van der Meij and Joana Duarte: ‘There are Many Ways to Integrate Multilingualism’: All-inclusive Foreign Language Education in the Netherlands
Chapter 6. Spyros Armostis and Dina Tsagari: Learning English as a Foreign Language in a Bi(dia)lectal Setting
Chapter 7. Rasman Rasman and Margana Margana: Constructing Translanguaging Space in EFL Classrooms in Indonesia: Opportunities and Challenges
Part 3: Teacher and Learner Perspectives
Chapter 8. Georgios Neokleous: Capturing Hybrid Linguistic Repertoires: Learner and In-service Teacher Attitudes towards Translanguaging in Multilingual EAL Classrooms in Cyprus
Chapter 9. Ylva Falk and Christina Lindqvist: Teachers’ Attitudes towards Multilingualism in the Foreign Language Classroom: The Case of French and German in the Swedish Context
Chapter 10. Will Travers: Inside the L3 Classroom: Learner Reflections on University-level Foreign Language Classes for Bilinguals in the United States
Chapter 11. Romana Kopečková and Gregory Poarch: Teaching English as an Additional Language in German Secondary Schools: Pluralistic Approaches to Language Learning and Teaching in Action
Chapter 12. Yeşim Sevinç, Anna Krulatz, Eivind Torgersen and MaryAnn Christison: Teaching English in Linguistically Diverse Classrooms in Norway: Teachers’ Beliefs, Practices, and Needs in Multilingual Education
Chapter 13. Mieko Yamada: EFL Education for Social Justice: A Study of Japanese EFL Student Teachers’ Perceptions about Diversity and Minority
Part 4: Innovative Multilingual Pedagogies in Foreign Language Classrooms
Chapter 14. Antoinette Camilleri Grima: Adopting Pluralistic Approaches when Teaching an Additional Language
Chapter 15. Manon Megens and Elisabeth Allgäuer-Hackl: An Applied Perspective on Holistic Multilingual Approaches to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching
Chapter 16. MaryAnn Christison and Adrian S. Palmer: Promoting Multilingualism through Immersion Education: A Case Study in a Thai K12 International School
Chapter 17. Gisela Mayr: Plurilingual Inputs in Task-based TEFL: A Way of Promoting Inclusion
Chapter 18. Marina Prilutskaya, Rebecca Knoph and Jessica Allen Hanssen: The Use of Students’ Linguistic Resources in Teaching English as an Additional Language in Norway: A Study of Writing in Upper-secondary School
Chapter 19. Gro-Anita Myklevold: Operationalizing Multilingualism in A Foreign Language Classroom in Norway: Opportunities and Challenges
Kristen Lindahl: Afterword
Index
