Overview
- Examines the need to develop new educational perspectives in which multilingualism is valued and strategically used
- Presents findings from a global range of contributors focusing on different educational approaches
- Documents and theorises a range of classroom practices including code switching, translanguaging and polylanguaging
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Multilingualism in Education in a Context of Globalisation: A Status Quaestionis
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Linguistic Diversity in the Home Context and the Normative Discourses of Educational Institutions
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Perception, Experiential Voice and Narrative in Accounts of Multilingualism
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The Added Value of Plurilingual Repertoires
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Stef Slembrouck is Senior Full Professor in English Linguistics at Ghent University, Belgium. He is also Director of the University Language Centre.Â
Koen Van Gorp is Head of Foreign Language Assessment at the Center for Language Teaching Advancement and affiliated faculty of the Second Language Studies Program at Michigan State University, USA.Â
Sven Sierens is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Diversity & Learning, Linguistics Department at Ghent University, Belgium.
Katrijn Maryns is Postdoctoral Researcher (FWO- Research Foundation Flanders) in the Linguistics Department at Ghent University, Belgium.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Multilingual Edge of Education
Editors: Piet Van Avermaet, Stef Slembrouck, Koen Van Gorp, Sven Sierens, Katrijn Maryns
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54856-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-54855-9Published: 18 January 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-54856-6Published: 18 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 374
Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Sociolinguistics, Language Education, Language Teaching, Teaching and Teacher Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Minority Languages