Global perspectives on multilingualism : unity in diversity / edited by María E. Torres-Guzmán, Joel Gómez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Torres-Guzmán, Maria E.

Gómez, Joel R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Bilingual--Cross-cultural studies.

Education, Bilingual.

Multilingualism.

Multilingualism--Cross-cultural studies.

Multicultural education--Cross-cultural studies.

Multicultural education.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

vii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2009]

Summary:

In this timely volume, international scholars examine how multilingual schooling is handled in schools across the world with a series of case studies from South Africa, Nigeria, Germany, Colombia, Slovakia, New Zealand, and Taiwan. Presenting new contributions arising from the varied contexts of multilingualism today, this collection urges educators to employ broader definitions of multilingualism; to treat the intricate messiness of language modes and language community goals as factors that mediate instructional and organizational designs, practices, and policies; to question the hopes or disappointments of democracy as we now know it; and to consider the connections or disconnections of teaching with the cultures represented in the classroom. Demonstrating the commonalities among exemplars of practice, this book will help U.S. educators construct more effective policies and programs for multilingual instruction in K-12 schools.

Contributors: Roger Barnard, Carole Bloch, Gabriele Budach, Sol Colmenares, Chen-ching Li, Anne-Marie de Mejia, Ursula Neumann, Tope Omoniyi, Hans-Joachim Roth, Harvey Tejada, Ildiko Vanco, and Rosemary Wildsmith-Cromarty

Contents:

Introduction : multilingualism for understanding / María E. Torres-Guzmán and Joel Gómez

Enabling biliteracy among young children in southern Africa : realities, visions and strategies / Carole Bloch

Multilingualism in South African schools : where to now? / Rosemary Wildsmith-Cromarty

African cityscapes and schools : imagining multilingual education / Tope Omoniyi

Towards bilingualism in multiethnic Slovakia : the formal education of ethnic Hungarians / Ildikó Vančo

Multilingual primary schools in Germany : models and research / Ursula Neumann and Hans-Joachim Roth

Multilingual education in Germany : discourses, practices, and experiences in two-way immersion / Gabriele Budach

Multilingualism in action : language education policy in the rapidly changing society of Taiwan / Chen-ching Li

Effective transformation or illusion? : teacher empowerment through the construction of bilingual education programs in Colombia / Anne-Marie de Mejía, Harvey Tejada, and Sol Colmenares

Multiculturalism and language education in New Zealand : past, present, and future / Roger Barnard

Afterword: Multilingualism for understanding : iZemia's unity in linguistic diversity / María E. Torres-Guzmán and Joel Gómez.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807749722

0807749729

OCLC:

316098951