Who S Afraid Of Multilingual Education

Author : Amir Kalan
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781783096190

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Who’s Afraid of Multilingual Education? by Amir Kalan Pdf

More than 70 languages are spoken in contemporary Iran, yet all governmental correspondence and educational textbooks must be written in Farsi. To date, the Iranian mother tongue debate has remained far from the international scholarly exchanges of ideas about multilingual education. This book bridges that gap using interviews with four prominent academic experts in linguistic human rights, mother tongue education and bilingual and multilingual education. The author examines the arguments for rejecting multilingual education in Iran, and the four interviewees counter those arguments with evidence that mother tongue-based education has resulted in positive outcomes for the speakers of non-dominant language groups and the country itself. It is hoped that this book will engage an international audience with the debate in Iran and show how multilingual education could benefit the country.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781783096183

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Author : Jim Cummins
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 603 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781800413603

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Rethinking the Education of Multilingual Learners by Jim Cummins Pdf

Over the past 40 years, Jim Cummins has proposed a number of highly influential theoretical concepts, including the threshold and interdependence hypotheses and the distinction between conversational fluency and academic language proficiency. In this book, he provides a personal account of how these ideas developed and he examines the credibility of critiques they have generated, using the criteria of empirical adequacy, logical coherence, and consequential validity. These criteria of theoretical legitimacy are also applied to the evaluation of two different versions of translanguaging theory – Unitary Translanguaging Theory and Crosslinguistic Translanguaging Theory – in a way that significantly clarifies this controversial concept.

Author : Karpava, Sviatlana
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799888901

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Handbook of Research on Multilingual and Multicultural Perspectives on Higher Education and Implications for Teaching by Karpava, Sviatlana Pdf

Multilingualism, multiculturalism, and internationalization in higher education is a contemporary reality worldwide. Because of the importance of multilingualism in learning policy, special professional and education training should be provided both to teachers and students. Multilingual education can promote linguistic and cultural diversity, inclusion, and social development. The Handbook of Research on Multilingual and Multicultural Perspectives on Higher Education and Implications for Teaching focuses on both top-down and bottom-up perspectives on multilingual and multicultural education based on conceptual and empirical studies. This book provides evidence in support of sustainable multilingualism and multiculturalism in higher education. Covering topics such as dialectic teaching, multilingual classrooms, and teacher education, this major reference work is an essential resource for pre-service teachers, educators of higher education, language policy experts, university administration, scholars, linguists, researchers, and academicians.

Author : Danuta Gabryś-Barker
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031523717

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Modern Approaches to Researching Multilingualism by Danuta Gabryś-Barker Pdf

Author : Amir Kalan
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788927826

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Sociocultural and Power-Relational Dimensions of Multilingual Writing by Amir Kalan Pdf

This book examines the writing practices of three adult multilingual writers through the prism of their writing in English as an additional language. It illustrates some of the social, cultural and political contexts of the writers’ literacy activities and discusses how these impact their literate and intellectual lives. It reflects on the para- and meta-textual dimensions of writing because organic writing practices are almost always performed within sociocultural and power-relational contexts. In our highly compartmentalized educational structures, writing education has been severed from those organic components, focusing mainly on writing stylistics. This book proposes creating space for organic writing practices in our everyday writing pedagogies, and argues for a writing pedagogy that acknowledges the complex interactions of social, emotional and identity-related layers of writing.

Author : Stewart Riddle,David Bright,Eileen Honan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811320651

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Writing with Deleuze in the Academy by Stewart Riddle,David Bright,Eileen Honan Pdf

In this book, authors working with Deleuzean theories in educational research in Australia and the United Kingdom grapple with how the academic-writing machine might become less contained and bounded, and instead be used to free impulses to generate different creations and connections. The authors experiment with forms of writing that challenge the boundaries of academic language, moving beyond the strictures of the scientific method that governs and controls what works and what counts to make language vibrate with a new intensity. The authors construct monstrous creations, full of vitality and fervor, hybrid texts, part academic part creative assemblages, almost-but-perhaps-not-quite recognisable as research. Stories that blur the lines between true and untrue, re-presentation and invention. The contributors to this book hope that something might happen in its reading; that some new connections might be made, but also acknowledge the contingency of the encounter between text and reader, and the impossibility of presuming to know what may be.

Author : Ajit K. Mohanty
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788921985

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The Multilingual Reality by Ajit K. Mohanty Pdf

This book is a multidisciplinary analysis of the meaning and dynamics of multilingualism from the perspectives of multilingual societies and language communities in the margins, who are trapped in a vicious circle of disadvantage. It analyses the social, psychological and sociolinguistic processes of linguistic dominance and hierarchical relationships among languages, discrimination, marginalisation and assertive maintenance in multilingualism characterised by a Double Divide, and shows the relationship between educational neglect of languages, capability deprivation and poverty, and loss of linguistic diversity. Its comparative analysis of language-in-education policies and practices and applications of multilingual education (MLE) in diverse contexts shows some promises and challenges in the education of indigenous/tribal/minority children. This book will be of interest to students, researchers, educators and practitioners in sociolinguistics, educational linguistics, psycholinguistics, multilingualism and bilingual/multilingual education.

Author : Meike Wernicke,Svenja Hammer,Antje Hansen,Tobias Schroedler
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788926126

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Preparing Teachers to Work with Multilingual Learners by Meike Wernicke,Svenja Hammer,Antje Hansen,Tobias Schroedler Pdf

This collection examines a diverse range of approaches to multilingualism in teacher education programmes across Europe and North America. The authors investigate how pre-service teachers are being prepared to work in multilingual contexts and discuss the key features of current pre-service teacher education initiatives that address the increasing linguistic and cultural diversity evident in classrooms in their respective countries. The focus is not only on migrant-background learners but includes students from Indigenous, autochthonous and heritage language backgrounds, and speakers of minoritised regional varieties. The chapters contextualise, both historically and ideologically, the specific initiatives and measures taken in the participating countries. They also reveal the complexity of each educational context and the role that history, language policies and institutional and programmatic priorities play in the development and implementation of a multilingual focus in teacher education. In exploring how pre-service teachers are being prepared to work in multilingual contexts, the authors take a critical view of how multilingualism itself is conceptualised within and across contexts. The book highlights the valuable impact that explicit instruction on theories of multilingualism, pedagogies in multilingual classrooms and lived realities of multilingual children can have on the beliefs and practices of pre-service teachers.

Author : Siv Björklund,Mikaela Björklund
Publisher : Channel View Publications
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781800413016

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Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings by Siv Björklund,Mikaela Björklund Pdf

Exploring multilingualism as a complex, context-related, societal and individual phenomenon, this book centres around perspectives on how multiple languages are made (in)visible within educational settings in the Global North. The authors of each chapter compare and contrast findings across geographical contexts with the goal of understanding the facets of multilingualism that, on the one hand, conform across contexts, and on the other, diverge context-specifically. The chapters range from contributions with a focus on national/state planning for the development of sustainable multilingual and intercultural educational policies, to chapters that deal with multilingual practices and identities of students and student teachers as well as the consequences for language practices, strategies and policies in diversifying societies. This cross-contextual, comparative and interdisciplinary exploration of multilingualism will be of great interest to researchers, administrators, practitioners and students within the fields of multilingual education, sociolinguistics, youth culture and identity studies. The book is open access under a CC BY NC ND licence.

Author : Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030196059

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The Sociolinguistics of Iran’s Languages at Home and Abroad by Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi Pdf

This book examines the sociolinguistics of some of Iran’s languages at home and in the diaspora. The first part of the book examines the politics of minority languages and the presence of hegemonic discourses which favour Persian (Farsi) in Iran, exploring issues such as language maintenance and shift, linguistic ideologies and practices among Azerbaijani and Kurdish-speaking communities. The authors then go on to examine Iranians’ linguistic ideologies, practices and (trans)national identity construction in the diaspora, investigating both the challenges of maintaining a home language and the strategies and linguistic repertoires employed when constructing a diasporic identity away from home. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of minority languages and communities, diaspora and migration studies, and language policy and planning.

Author : Jieun Kiaer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781350258273

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The Future of Syntax by Jieun Kiaer Pdf

Proposing a new approach to the study of language, this book argues for the need to consider syntax in context and to engage with a wider variety of perspectives that better reflect the modern world and the changes to our language prompted by increased cultural diversity, the prevalence of social media, AI, and more. Referencing big data and drawing on a corpus of linguistic research, the book explores in particular the socio-pragmatic sensitivity and complexity within East Asian languages including Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, offering new insights that step away from traditional approaches to formal syntax. In tracing the history of syntactic theory, it highlights the shifts in our communication as we adapt to technological developments, and focuses in particular on the significant advances in AI. Arguing that traditional syntactic theory is no longer in keeping with real life communication, Jieun Kiaer scrutinises current approaches and raises key questions about the need for a more appropriate grammar better suited to the diversity of human language.

Author : Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 1656 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781668436912

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Research Anthology on Bilingual and Multilingual Education by Management Association, Information Resources Pdf

Given the boost in global immigration and migration, as well as the emphasis on creating inclusive classrooms, research is turning to the challenges that teachers face with the increasing need for bilingual and multilingual education. The benefits of bilingual education are widespread, allowing students to develop important cognitive skills such as critical thinking and problem solving as well as opening further career opportunities later in life. However, very few resources are available for the successful practice and implementation of this education into the curriculum, with an even greater lack of appropriate cultural representation in the classroom. Thus, it is essential for educators to remain knowledgeable on the emerging strategies and procedures available for making bilingual and multilingual education successful. The Research Anthology on Bilingual and Multilingual Education is a comprehensive reference source on bilingual and multilingual education that offers the latest insights on education strategy and considerations on the language learners themselves. This research anthology features a diverse collection of authors, offering valuable global perspectives on multilingual education. Covering topics such as gamification, learning processes, and teaching models, this anthology serves as an essential resource for professors, teachers, pre-service teachers, faculty of K-12 and higher education, government officials, policymakers, researchers, and academicians with an interest in key strategy and understanding of bilingual and multilingual education.

Author : Jasone Cenoz,Durk Gorter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Education, Bilingual
ISBN : 9781107094819

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Multilingual Education by Jasone Cenoz,Durk Gorter Pdf

"This cutting edge volume explores holistic trends in multilingualism, analysing the processes of both 'becoming multilingual' and 'being multilingual'. Multilingualism has increased in recent years due to globalisation, transnational mobility and the spread of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This volume explores some of the trends in the study of multilingual education by putting together research studies that analyse the processes of both 'becoming multilingual' and 'being multilingual' in educational contexts."--Publisher's website.

Author : Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 821 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135662363

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Linguistic Genocide in Education--or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights? by Tove Skutnabb-Kangas Pdf

In this powerful, multidisciplinary book, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas shows how most indigenous and minority education contributes to linguistic genocide according to United Nations definitions. Theory is combined with a wealth of factual encyclopedic information and with many examples and vignettes. The examples come from all parts of the world and try to avoid Eurocentrism. Oriented toward theory and practice, facts and evaluations, and reflection and action, the book prompts readers to find information about the world and their local contexts, to reflect and to act. A Web site with additional resource materials to this book can be found at http://www.ruc.dk/~tovesk/