The multilingual challenge : cross-disciplinary perspectives / edited by Ulrike Jessner, Claire Kramsch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jessner, Ulrike, editor.

Kramsch, Claire, editor.

Series:

Trends in applied linguistics ; Volume 16.

Trends in Applied Linguistics, 1868-6362 ; Volume 16

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Multilingualism--Study and teaching.

Multilingualism.

Language arts--Correlation with content subjects.

Language arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of scholarly articles is the first to address the challenges of multilingualism from a multidisciplinary perspective. The contributors to this volume examine both the beneficial and the problematic aspects of multilingualism in various dimensions, that is, they address familial, educational, academic, artistic, scientific, historical, professional, and geopolitical challenges.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of contents

Notes on the contributors

Introduction: The multilingual challenge / Jessner, Ulrike / Kramsch, Claire

Part I: Familial challenges

1. Challenges of multilingualism to the family / Wei, Li / Hua, Zhu

2. The promotion of multilingualism in a Catalan-speaking area. Familial challenges in the Valencian Community / Safont-Jordà, Maria Pilar

Part II: Educational challenges

3. Conflict in the second language classroom: a teacher of Spanish facing the complicated dimensions of multilingualism / Heidenfeldt, William

4. The legitimacy gap: multilingual language teachers in an era of globalization / Kramsch, Claire / Zhang, Lihua

5. « Le multilinguisme en question ? » - The case of minority language education in Brittany (France) / Osterkorn, Patrick K. / Vetter, Eva

Part III: Institutional challenges

6. Challenges to monolingual national literatures / Lennon, Brian

7. Multilingual and intercultural competence on the threshold of the Third Reich / Gramling, David

8. Linguistic Unheimlichkeit: the Armenian and Arab communities of Cyprus / Baider, Fabienne / Kariolemou, Marilena

Part IV: Scientific challenges

9. Monolingualism and multilingualism in the construction and dissemination of scientific knowledge / Lüdi, Georges

10. Le Précis du plurilinguisme et du pluriculturalisme : une recherche internationale, face aux défis d'une conception plurilingue et d'une traduction en anglais et en chinois / Zarate, Geneviève / Gohard-Radenkovic, Aline / Rong, Fu

11. Understanding current multilingualism: what can the butterfly tell us? / Aronin, Larissa / Jessner, Ulrike

Part V: Professional and geopolitical challenges

12. Language policy and planning in international organisations / McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa

13. Challenges within the ecology of multilingual interactions in Aboriginal cultural tourism in Central Australia / Ellis, Elizabeth

Afterword: Challenging multilingualism / Kramsch, Claire

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501500312

1501500317

9781614512165

1614512167

OCLC:

923333242