Linguistic and Cultural Innovation in Schools

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Mapping the Terrain

   • Jane Spiro, Eowyn Crisfield

   Pages 1-30

3. Connecting Students to a Sense of Place: Reviving Hawaii

   • Jane Spiro, Jocelyn Romero Demirbag

   Pages 31-56

4. To Square the Particular with the Global: The Aga Khan Academy Mombasa

   • Eowyn Crisfield

   Pages 57-92

5. Dynamic Multilingualism in International Schools: German European School, Singapore

   • Eowyn Crisfield

   Pages 93-121

6. From One to Many: Bilingual Education in a Monolingual Context, Europa School

   • Jane Spiro, Jackie Holderness

   Pages 123-157

7. Moving from “English Only” to Multilingual Empowered: The British School of Amsterdam

   • Eowyn Crisfield

   Pages 159-183

8. The Path Less Travelled

   • Jane Spiro, Eowyn Crisfield

   Pages 185-203

9. Back Matter

   Pages 205-223

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This book presents case studies of five schools engaged in radical change in order to engage with children’s home languages and cultures in a more multilingual and inclusive way. Located around the globe, from Hawaii to Kenya, the case studies are informed by both researchers and professionals on the ground. While the schools in question are each anchored in a unique context and situation, they also have a common mission to see language diversity as a resource, and a responsibility to embrace all the languages of their pupils. The authors offer a rich resource for education professionals and policymakers, including not only theoretical insights but useful practical tips. This innovative volume will be a helpful resource for educational professionals interested in following a path of multilingualism as well as students and scholars of second language acquisition, heritage languages and cultures and multilingual educational policy. 

• multilingual schools
• learner empowerment
• English-language schools
• language teaching
• heritage languages
• immersion education
• Bilingual education

• School of Education, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom

  Jane Spiro

• Crisfield Educational Consulting, The Hague, The Netherlands

  Eowyn Crisfield

Jane Spiro is Reader in Education and TESOL at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has run projects for the development of international teachers and learners of English in four continents of the world.   She has published widely on TESOL methodologies, teacher reflection, internationalisation and learner creativity.


Eowyn Crisfield is a specialist in bilingualism and education.  She works to bridge the divide between research and practice, supporting whole school communities to embed languages across the curriculum, and to develop policy and practices that empower language diversity. 

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