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Teaching the mother tongue in a multilingual Europe / edited by Witold Tulasiewicz and Anthony Adams.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Tulasiewicz, Witold, editor.
Adams, Anthony, 1933- editor.
Series:
Cassell education.
Cassell education
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Native language--Study and teaching--Europe.
Native language.
Linguistic minorities--Education--Europe.
Linguistic minorities.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (241 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
London : Continuum, 2005.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"In a time when the increasing cultural diversity and population mobility of the continent calls for good communication skills, this fascinating book features a wealth of data and critical opinion on the topic of mother tongue education. In the first part of the book, the two editors address central cultural, political and educational concerns relating to the mother tongue, using some of the findings of their European Commission funded research on the changing European classroom. The second part presents case study articles by practitioners from nine countries which have significant regional or immigrant mother tongue populations. These include Welsh in Wales, Catalan and Galician in Spain, Turkish and Greek in Germany, Arabic and Corsican in France, and Belorussian in Poland, as well as critical accounts of the main first language situation in England, Denmark, France, Germany, Poland, post-Soviet Russia, and Spain. The concluding part of the book looks at language awareness as a possible approach to linguistic diversity. It examines the preparation of teachers at all levels, as experinced by the editors through their involvement in an in international language study group based in Calgary, Cambridge, Mainz and Bialystock. Teaching the Mother Tongue in a Multilingual Europe is packed with original information which will be of use to all teachers and educationalists concerned with language."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Contents:
pt. 1. Mother tongue definitions and teaching implications
part 2. The mother tongues of Europe : nine case studies
part 3. Language awareness in mother tongue teaching.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786611294298
9781474212380
1474212387
9781281294296
1281294292
9781847143457
1847143458
OCLC:
232292774

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