Minority Languages and Multilingual Education
Subtitle: Bridging the Local and the Global
Publisher: Springer Netherlands; Springer
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9789400773165
Subjects: Linguistic minorities; Applied linguistics; Sociolinguistics; Education
Description: This book presents research on the situation minority language school children face when they need to learn languages of international communication, in particular English. The book takes minority languages as a starting point and it bridges local and global perspectives in the analysis of multilingual education contexts. It examines the interaction of minority languages and cultures, majority languages and lingua franca-s in a variety of settings across different regions and countries on all continents. Even though all chapters in this book involve minority languages, the issues discussed are relevant to any context in which more than language is used in education. The book reveals challenges and opportunities of multilingual education by discussing issues such as Northern and Southern concepts, language education policies, language diversity, interethnic understanding, multimodal language practices, power, conflict, identity and prestige, among many others.