Language Learning and Teaching in a Multilingual World / / Marie-Françoise Narcy-Combes, Jean-Paul Narcy-Combes, Julie McAllister, Malory Leclère, Grégory Miras.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
• VerfasserIn: Narcy-Combes, Marie-Françoise,; McAllister, Julie,; Miras, Grégory,; Narcy-Combes, Jean-Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The majority of people around the world live in multilingual societies, and so it follows that plurilingualism should be considered normal. This book proposes a flexible and adaptive framework for designing and implementing language learning environments and tasks, which will be useful for practitioners working in classrooms where many languages are already spoken. The authors begin by presenting a state-of-the-art review of current research on language learning, language teaching and multilingual language acquisition. This is followed by a qualitative review of 37 multilingual research projects, which are treated as case studies to inform the practical guidance that constitutes the remainder of the book. The information and practical framework contained within this book will be of interest to both researchers, teachers and teacher educators.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Epistemological Stance -- Some Important Definitions -- Context -- Chapter Organisation -- Part 1: Reference Theories: Interrelationships and Complementarities -- Part 2: Multilingual Practices in Action -- Part 3: Designing Contextualised Language Learning Environments in a Plurilingual Perspective -- References -- Index