Forging Multilingual Spaces : : Integrated Perspectives on Majority and Minority Bilingual Education / / ed. by Christine Hélot, Anne-Marie de Mejía.

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 aim...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2008]
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
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Physical Description:1 online resource (250 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The Contributors
  • 1 Introduction
  • Part 1: The Americas
  • 2. Teaching Spanish and Spanish in Teaching in the USA: Integrating Bilingual Perspectives
  • 3. Plurilingual Latin America: Indigenous Languages, Immigrant Languages, Foreign Languages - Towards an Integrated Policy of Language and Education
  • 4. Points of Contact or Separate Paths: A Vision of Bilingual Education in Colombia
  • 5. Staff Profiles in Minority and Prestigious Bilingual Education Contexts in Argentina
  • Part 2: Europe
  • 6. The National Languages Strategy in the UK: Are Minority Languages Still on the Margins?
  • 7. Bilingual Education in France: School Policies Versus Home Practices
  • 8. Languages and Language Learning in Catalan Schools: From the Bilingual to the Multilingual Challenge
  • 9. Educating for Participation in a Bilingual or a Multilingual Society? Challenging the Power Balance between English and Irish (Gaelic) and Other Minority Languages in Ireland