Language Awareness in Multilingual Classrooms in Europe

Language Awareness in Multilingual Classrooms in Europe
Author: Christine Hélot
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2018-04-23
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1501501321

Within the scope of today’s globalisation, linguistic diversity is a given fact of the world we live in. In several educational contexts in Europe, language awareness (LA) activities have been introduced with the objective to prepare pupils cognitively, socially and/or critically for life as multilingual, open minded and/or empowered citizens in a diverse world. Despite previous research in various contexts, the concept of LA remains problematic: a generally accepted, evidence-based conceptualisation is missing. This confronts both research and education with a challenge: in order to develop LA activities, implement them successfully in educational contexts and achieve the expected outcomes, we should know what the concept stands for, how it works and why we would choose to implement it in classrooms (or not). This volume focuses on three apparent simple questions: what, how and why? The first question – what? – refers to the concept(ual mess) of LA. The second question – how? – refers to the implementation of LA activities in several educational contexts. The third question – why? – is a recurrent theme running through all the chapters and deals with a reflection on the way we deal (un)consciously with LA activities in education.

Eveil aux langues et approches plurielles

Eveil aux langues et approches plurielles
Author: Christiane Perregaux
Publisher: Editions L'Harmattan
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2012-09-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 2296500552

Éveil aux langues ? Approches plurielles ? Formation des enseignants ? Pratiques de classe ? Cet ouvrage fait le point sur l'état des recherches et des pratiques d'éveil aux langues et d'autres approches plurielles – intercompréhension entre langues voisines, didactique intégrée des langues – qui, toutes, impliquent simultanément plusieurs langues et variétés culturelles dans l'enseignement-apprentissage.

The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning

The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning
Author: Christiane Fäcke
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 581
Release: 2025-02-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1394165919

Our evolving understanding of the role of English as a lingua franca and our growing sensitivity to the unique needs of students and teachers who communicate across languages and cultures has led to significant changes in language teaching, pedagogy, and curriculum design. The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning is a field-defining book, which examines the various ways learners learn and acquire language in a truly global context. Featuring contributions from a diverse range of scholars reflecting different cultural, linguistic, regional, and ideological perspectives, this innovative volume presents the most recent developments in the field while revealing the nuances and complexities of teaching and learning foreign languages. This Handbook explains the conceptual basis of intercultural and plurilingual learning, describes core pedagogical concepts, discusses different learning and teaching approaches, and provides the historical background for various methods and theories. The authors discuss how policy and pedagogy can adapt to the shifting demographics of local student populations, address new trends and evolving themes, and explore contemporary topics such as translanguaging, intercomprehension, technology-enhanced learning, language policy, and more. The Handbook of Plurilingual and Intercultural Language Learning is essential reading for students, educators, and researchers in applied linguistics, language teaching and learning, plurilingualism/multilingualism, TESOL, cognitive linguistics, language policy, language acquisition, and intercultural communication.

Plurilingual Education

Plurilingual Education
Author: Patrick Grommes
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2014-07-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027270252

Plurilingual communication is common practice in most urban areas. Societal domains such as business and science nowadays see themselves as international, and plurilingual communication is the rule rather than the exception. But how do other players in critical domains of modern societies, and more specifically, in education react to this situation? This volume of the Hamburg Studies in Linguistic Diversity (HSLD) series explores this question along three major lines. One group of contributions sheds light on educational policies in Europe and beyond. A second group of contributions elucidates what interaction and communication practices develop in multilingual contexts. The focus is on school settings. Thirdly, we present articles that discuss the effects of plurilingual settings and plurilingual practices on language development. As a whole this volume shows how linguistic diversity shapes a central domain of our societies, namely education, and how it also impacts upon the development of the individuals interacting in this domain.

Language Contact. Volume 1

Language Contact. Volume 1
Author: Jeroen Darquennes
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 1400
Release: 2019-08-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110433257

Language Contact. An International Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of current topics in research on language contact. Broadly conceived, it stands out for its international approach to language contact, complementing the theoretical state-of-the-art with examples from traditionally eclipsed areas and languages. Next to a thorough introductory overview of the ground-breaking methodological and theoretical approaches that shaped the discipline, ample attention goes to the new and innovative insights on language contact in the 21st century. Combining concise introductory contributions with in-depth treatment of the most relevant case studies in the field, the handbook speaks to both junior and established scholars.

Handbook of Multilingual TESOL in Practice

Handbook of Multilingual TESOL in Practice
Author: Kashif Raza
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2023-03-21
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9811993505

This book presents exemplars of multilingualism in TESOL worldwide. It incorporates essential topics such as curriculum development, classroom instruction, materials creation, assessment, and teacher training where TESOL and multilingualism co-exist and co-develop. The wide-ranging and international collection of chapters is written by leading researchers in multilingualism and TESOL from around the world. This handbook provides unique insights into a range of practical approaches to promote local, indigenous and national languages in English language classrooms across a range of instructional programs in various geographical contexts. The book is divided into six sections. Part 1 presents curricular and principle-based approaches to multilingual TESOL in ESL/EFL classes. Part 2 includes chapters that showcase how diverse teachers bring multilingual TESOL to their classrooms. Part 3 discusses the challenges of teaching multilingual TESOL and how educators address them in their contexts. Part 4 provides activities and materials to support local languages in TESOL classrooms. Part 5 addresses assessment issues in multilingual TESOL. Part 6 includes initiatives and examples to prepare TESOL teachers to promote multilingualism in ESL/EFL classrooms.

The language dimension in all subjects

The language dimension in all subjects
Author: Jean-Claude Beacco
Publisher: Council of Europe
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2016-10-24
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9287184569

Mastering the language of schooling is essential for learners to develop the skills necessary for school success and for critical thinking. It is fundamental for participation in democratic societies, and for social inclusion and cohesion. This handbook is a policy and working document which promotes convergence and coherence between the linguistic dimensions of various school subjects. It proposes measures to make explicit – in curricula, pedagogic material and teacher training – the specific linguistic norms and competences which learners must master in each school subject. It also presents the learning modalities that should allow all learners, and in particular the most vulnerable among them, to benefit from diversified language-learning situations in order to develop their cognitive and linguistic capacities.

Intercultural Approaches to Education

Intercultural Approaches to Education
Author: Abdeljalil Akkari
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2022-02-28
Genre: Education
ISBN: 303070825X

This open access book provides an analysis of contemporary societies and schools shaped by cultural diversity, globalization and migration. This diversity is necessarily reflected in education systems and requires the promotion of intercultural approaches able to improve learning processes and the quality of education. From an international and comparative perspective, this book first presents theoretical and conceptual foundations for seriously considering cultural diversity. The book also compares intercultural approaches and debates generated in countries as diverse as the United States, Canada, Brazil, Switzerland and France. For each national context, the book addresses both the historical roots of intercultural approaches and the concrete initiatives driven by educational policies for their implementation in schools and classrooms. Finally, the book presents discussions surrounding the treatment of linguistic or religious diversity in schools, the emergence of global citizenship education and the key role of teachers in intercultural approaches. This is an open access book.

Multilingualism and Education

Multilingualism and Education
Author: Gail Prasad
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2022-06-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1009037153

For decades, international researchers and educators have sought to understand how to address cultural and linguistic diversity in education. This book offers the keys to doing so: it brings together short biographies of thirty-six scholars, representing a wide range of universities and countries, to allow them to reflect on their own personal life paths, and how their individual life experiences have led to and informed their research. This approach highlights how theories and concepts have evolved in different contexts, while opening up pedagogical possibilities from diverse backgrounds and enriched by the life experiences of leading researchers in the field. Beyond these questions, the book also explores the dynamic relationships between languages, power and identities, as well as how these relationships raise broader societal issues that permeate both global and local language practices. It is essential reading for students, teacher educators, and researchers interested in the impact of multilingualism on education.

A Journey through the Content and Language Integrated Learning Landscape

A Journey through the Content and Language Integrated Learning Landscape
Author: Carmel Mary Coonan
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2017-11-06
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1527504190

Interest in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), in Europe and beyond, has increased exponentially since it first appeared on the scene in Europe in the early 1990s. CLIL has grown to become a much-discussed topic of language education today, with the number of publications pertaining to the field continuing to increase. Researchers, teachers, teacher trainers, course planners and others involved in CLIL are constantly searching for new studies to help them understand how CLIL is evolving and how best it can be implemented. As the concept is now informing the pedagogical principles of different educational realities, research and reflection are now required to further understand its potential and implications, its inherent difficulties and possible applications. This volume was conceived with this idea in mind. The book primarily covers three macro areas: learning, teaching and training. It provides insight into the latest areas of research and reflection that are characterizing the CLIL field in the current decade. The wide range of topics covered reveal, for example, a shift in interest towards CLIL at the tertiary level, focusing on lecturer and student perceptions and problems.