<p>This book proposes an integrated approach to the study of bilingual education in minority and majority settings. Contributions from scholars in different countries in Europe and the Americas show how to bridge the gap between elite bilingualism and the bilingualism of minority communities and wor
Forging Multilingual Spaces: Integrated Perspectives on Majority and Minority Bilingual Education
✍ Scribed by Christine Hélot, Anne-Marie de Mejía
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 275
- Series
- Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 68
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Table of Contents
- Introduction - Christine Helot and Anne-Marie de Mejia SECTION 1 THE AMERICAS2. Teaching Spanish and Spanish in Teaching in the US: Integrating Bilingual Perspectives - Ofelia Garcia 3. Plurilingual Latin America: Indigenous Languages, Immigrant Languages, Foreign Languages - Towards an Integrated Policy of Language and Education - Rainer Enrique Hamel 4. Points of Contact or Separate Paths: A Vision of Bilingual Education in Colombia - Anne-Marie de Mejia and Maria Emilia Montes Rodriguez 5. Staff Profiles in Minority and Prestigious Bilingual Education Contexts in Argentina - Cristina Banfi and Silvia Rettaroli SECTION 2: EUROPE6. The National Languages Strategy in the UK: Are Minority Languages Still on the Margins? - Jim Anderson, Charmian Kenner and Eve Gregory 7. Bilingual Education in France: School Policies versus Home Practices - Christine Helot 8. Languages and Language Learning in Catalan Schools: From the Bilingual to the Multilingual Challenge - Cristina Escobar Urmeneta and Virginia Unamuno9. Educating for Participation in a Bilingual or a Multilingual Society? Challenging the Power Balance between English and Irish (Gaelic) and other Minority Languages in Ireland - Muiris a Laoire
✦ Subjects
Education, Bilingual -- Cross-cultural studies;Linguistic minorities -- Education -- Cross-cultural studies;éducation bilingue -- Amérique -- études diverses;éducation bilingue -- minorité linguistique -- Amérique -- études diverses;éducation bilingue -- Europe -- études diverses;éducation bilingue -- minorité linguistique -- Europe -- études diverses;Enseignement bilingue -- Études transculturelles;Minorités linguistiques -- Éducation -- Études transculturelles;E
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
This book is the first to propose an integrated approach to the study of bilingual education in minority and majority settings. Contributions from well-known scholars working in eight different countries in Europe and the Americas show that it is possible to bridge the gap between prestigious elite
"Trenchant and groundbreaking work" — Molly Ball,ÂNational Political Correspondent, TIME Magazine "The go-to source for understanding how demographic change is impacting American politics." - Jonathan Capehart, The Washington Post and MSNBC "A treasure trove" — Thomas B. Edsall, Col
"A treasure trove" -- Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times "Trenchant and groundbreaking work" -- Molly Ball, TIME Magazine "A joy to read. . . A tour de force" -- Eric Kaufmann, University of London How do societies respond to great demographic change? This question lingers over the contemporary
In this volume an international roster of scholars offer theoretical perspectives, research reviews and empirical studies on teaching, learning and language development in immersion education. Editors clearly define the term "immersion" and bring together research from three distinct branches, inclu