Overview
- Argues that translanguaging can be constructively understood as a way to expand students’ linguistic repertoire
- Takes the sociocultural context of students and teachers as its primary focus, in order to understand ways in which students expand and leverage their language resources at school
- Discusses empirical data from studies on four types of mainstream education settings in Australia
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part III
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores multilingualism as a resource and goal at school in contexts of student diversity and institutional monolingualism. Combining translanguaging theory and sociocultural theory, the author proposes a framework for the learning and use of both foreign and heritage languages across the curriculum in mainstream schools. By clearly linking language practices to teaching and learning objectives, the book aims to support school leaders and practitioners make informed decisions about how best to promote multilingualism in their school, as well as to enhance the learning outcomes of bi/multilinguals. In addition to school leaders and practitioners, it will be of interest to students and academics in the fields of bilingual education and TESOL, as well as applied linguistics and language teaching more broadly.
Reviews
“Multilingualism as a Resource and a Goal: Using and Learning Languages in Mainstream Schools compellingly contributes to the field of education and research concerning multilingualism’s impact on educational value. … Its rich discussion surrounding student engagement and pedagogy in relation to multilingualism make this book appropriately written for educators hoping to understand how to better provide all students opportunities to learn and use their full linguistic repertoires.” (Malik Stevenson, Journal of Language and Politics, Vol. 20 (2), 2021)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Marianne Turner is Senior Lecturer in Bilingual Education and TESOL at Monash University, Australia. She researches context-sensitive approaches to the integration of language and content in English as an Additional Language (EAL), foreign and heritage language settings.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Multilingualism as a Resource and a Goal
Book Subtitle: Using and Learning Languages in Mainstream Schools
Authors: Marianne Turner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21591-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21590-3Published: 26 September 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21593-4Published: 26 September 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21591-0Published: 16 September 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 307
Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations
Topics: Bilingualism, Language Education, Language Teaching, Sociolinguistics, Multilingualism