Forging Multilingual Spaces : Integrated Perspectives on Majority and Minority Bilingual Education.
Title:
Forging Multilingual Spaces : Integrated Perspectives on Majority and Minority Bilingual Education.
Author:
Helot, Christine.
ISBN:
9781847690777
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (274 pages)
Series:
Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Contents:
Contents -- The Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Different Spaces - Different Languages. Integrated Perspectives on Bilingual Education in Majority and Minority Settings -- Part 1 The Americas -- Chapter 2 Teaching Spanish and Spanish in Teaching in the USA: Integrating Bilingual Perspectives -- Chapter 3 Plurilingual Latin America: Indigenous Languages, Immigrant Languages, Foreign Languages - Towards an Integrated Policy of Language and Education -- Chapter 4 Points of Contact or Separate Paths: A Vision of Bilingual Education in Colombia -- Chapter 5 Staff Profiles in Minority and Prestigious Bilingual Education Contexts in Argentina -- Part 2 Europe -- Chapter 6 The National Languages Strategy in the UK: Are Minority Languages Still on the Margins? -- Chapter 7 Bilingual Education in France: School Policies Versus Home Practices -- Chapter 8 Languages and Language Learning in Catalan Schools: From the Bilingual to the Multilingual Challenge -- Chapter 9 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.
Abstract:
Proposes an integrated approach to the study of bilingual education in minority and majority settings. This work includes contributions from well-known scholars working in eight countries in Europe and the Americas who show how to bridge the gap between prestigious elite bilingualism and the bilingualism of minority communities.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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