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Multilingualism and Multimodality

Current Challenges for Educational Studies

Editors:

  1. Ingrid de Saint-Georges

    1. University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

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  2. Jean-Jacques Weber

    1. University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

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  • The volume brings together contributions from renowned scholars in the field of interaction, social semiotics and discourse analysis.
  • It highlights some of the varied educational challenges resulting from two contemporary phenomena: on the one hand, the new dimensions of social, cultural and linguistic diversity arising out of unprecedented migration and mobility patterns; and, on the other hand, the increased visibility of technology (old and new) both in schools and outside them.
  • It identifies and explores the new questions and terrains that can and must be explored in this context.

Part of the book series: The Future of Education Research (FUTU)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  3. Multilingualism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Superdiverse Repertoires and the Individual

      • Jan Blommaert, Ad Backus
      Pages 11-32

    3. From Multilingual Practices to Social Processes

      • Luisa Martín Rojo
      Pages 33-58

    4. Language, Superdiversity and Education

      • Adrian Blackledge, Angela Creese, Jaspreet Kaur Takhi
      Pages 59-80

    5. Multilingualism in Eu Institutions

      • Ruth Wodak
      Pages 81-99

    6. Multilingual Universities and the Monolingual Mindset

      • Jean-Jacques Weber, Kristine Horner
      Pages 101-116

  4. Multimodality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Recognizing Learning

      • Gunther Kress
      Pages 119-140

    4. Power, Miscommunication and Cultural Diversity

      • Laurent Filliettaz, Stefano Losa, Barbara Duc
      Pages 153-181

    5. Geographies of Discourse

      • Ron Scollon
      Pages 183-198

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 199-201
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About this book

In the social sciences and humanities, researchers often qualify the period in which we are living as ‘late-modern’, ‘post-modern’ or ‘superdiverse’. These terms seek to capture changing conditions and priorities brought about by a new social order. This social order is characterized, among other traits, by an increased visibility of social, cultural and linguistic diversity, arising out of unprecedented migration and mobility patterns. It is also associated with the development of information and communication technologies, which in the digital era transform communication patterns, identities, relationships and possibilities for action. For education, these late-modern conditions create numerous interesting challenges, given that they are of course reflected in the classroom and other sites of learning. Conditions of ‘superdiversity’ mean that, in educational institutions, varied practices, linguistic repertoires, and symbolic resources come into contact, posing questions about how institutions and actors choose to deal with this diversity. Likewise, digital technologies with their possibilities for assembling and using multimodal texts in new ways transform the learning experience, redefining what counts as teaching, learning, knowledge, or assessment. By providing careful analyses of policies and interactions in superdiverse, technologically complex, educational contexts, the authors of this volume contribute something important: they give a shape – a semiotic form – to some of the issues raised by transnational migration, sociocultural diversity, and digital complexity. They construct a framework for reflecting about the new social order and its impact on education. They also reveal the kinds of new questions and new terrains that can and must be explored by linguistic research if it wants to stay relevant for education in these times of change.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    Ingrid de Saint-Georges, Jean-Jacques Weber

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Multilingualism and Multimodality

  • Book Subtitle: Current Challenges for Educational Studies

  • Editors: Ingrid de Saint-Georges, Jean-Jacques Weber

  • Series Title: The Future of Education Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-266-2

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-266-2Published: 03 September 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 202

  • Topics: Education, general

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