Forging Multilingual Spaces: Integrated Perspectives on Majority and Minority Bilingual Education

Forging Multilingual Spaces: Integrated Perspectives on Majority and Minority Bilingual Education
ISBN-10
1847690769
ISBN-13
9781847690760
Category
Education / Bilingual Education
Pages
264
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Multilingual Matters
Authors
Anne-Marie De Mejía, Christine Hélot

Description

This book offers a new perspective for research in the field of bilingual education by proposing an integrated approach to the study of bilingualism in minority and majority settings. Programmes for indigenous groups, for national minorities and for migrants are analysed together with programmes aimed at dominant language groups, by well-known scholars from eight different countries in Europe and the Americas. Each contribution seeks to go beyond the traditional dichotomy between policy, practice and research into bilingual education programmes for majority language speakers, and modalities offered for minority language speakers. Thus, the book argues for the construction of a shared discourse for research into bilingualism and bilingual education and for the adoption of an ecological perspective on language education.

Get the book

Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Search the book
eBay.com
eBay.com
Search the book

Other editions

Similar books