This book is unique because it explores the multilingual lexicon by providing insights from research studies conducted in psycholinguistics, applied linguistics and neurolinguistics. It goes beyond the use of two languages and thus concentrates on a new and developing area in linguistic research. The different perspectives provide a link to the mainstream work on the lexicon and vocabulary acquisition and will stimulate further debate in these areas and in the study of multilingualism.
This book is unique because it explores the multilingual lexicon by providing insights from research studies conducted in psycholinguistics, applie...
Presents theoretical, empirical, and practical bases for implementing multilingual education programmes to prepare students for a multilingual world. The book addresses issues relevant to multilingual acquisition, the integration of content instruction in multilingual programmes, teacher education, and the role of culture in multilingual schools. It also presents case studies of multilingual schools in different parts of the world.
Presents theoretical, empirical, and practical bases for implementing multilingual education programmes to prepare students for a multilingual world. ...
This book emerges as a response to the increasing use of English as a lingua franca in the multilingual European context. It provides an up-to-date overview of the sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic and educational aspects of research on third language acquisition by focusing on English as a third language.
This book emerges as a response to the increasing use of English as a lingua franca in the multilingual European context. It provides an up-to-date ov...
This volume focuses on issues such as the learning, use and assessment of languages in education, the age factor, the teaching of English as an international language and multilingualism at the university, in educational contexts in which several languages are taught either as subjects or languages of instruction. Jasone Cenoz proposes the 'Continua of Multilingual Education' as a tool to identify different types of multilingual schools and focuses on Basque educational research to discuss issues that are relevant for other contexts. 'Towards Multilingual Education: Basque Educational...
This volume focuses on issues such as the learning, use and assessment of languages in education, the age factor, the teaching of English as an int...
This volume focuses on issues such as the learning, use and assessment of languages in education, the age factor, the teaching of English as an international language and multilingualism at the university, in educational contexts in which several languages are taught either as subjects or languages of instruction. Jasone Cenoz proposes the 'Continua of Multilingual Education' as a tool to identify different types of multilingual schools and focuses on Basque educational research to discuss issues that are relevant for other contexts. 'Towards Multilingual Education: Basque Educational...
This volume focuses on issues such as the learning, use and assessment of languages in education, the age factor, the teaching of English as an int...
Twelve narratives offer unique personal insights into what shapes the development and maintenance of multiple languages in a single individual. The authors are multilinguals from four continents representing a wide variety of languages and voices. The narratives are analyzed against the background of research on language development revealing a richer and much more nuanced picture of multilingualism.
Twelve narratives offer unique personal insights into what shapes the development and maintenance of multiple languages in a single individual. The au...
The 29 chapters in this volume offer insight in the various interdisciplinary approaches to the study of knowledge about language or language awareness. They reflect the breadth of the area and chart its possible development in topics such as: Language awareness in the mother tongue and second and foreign languages Studies aimed at improving the teaching of languages in educational settings Studies of Psycholinguistic processes, explicit and implicit knowledge Bilingualism and multilingualism, in particular metalinguistic awareness Critical language awareness, social practices of language and...
The 29 chapters in this volume offer insight in the various interdisciplinary approaches to the study of knowledge about language or language awarenes...
This book is unique because it explores the multilingual lexicon by providing insights from research studies conducted in psycholinguistics, applied linguistics and neurolinguistics. It goes beyond the use of two languages and thus concentrates on a new and developing area in linguistic research. The different perspectives provide a link to the mainstream work on the lexicon and vocabulary acquisition and will stimulate further debate in these areas and in the study of multilingualism.
This book is unique because it explores the multilingual lexicon by providing insights from research studies conducted in psycholinguistics, applie...
This book presents research on the situation minority language schoolchildren 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...
This book presents research on the situation minority language schoolchildren face when they need to learn languages of international communication, i...
In this third, fully revised edition, the 10 volume Encyclopedia of Language and Education offers the newest developments, including an entirely new volume of research and scholarly content, essential to the field of language teaching and learning in the age of globalization. In the selection of topics and contributors, the Encyclopedia reflects the depth of disciplinary knowledge, breadth of interdisciplinary perspective, and diversity of socio-geographic experience in the language and education field. Throughout, there is an inclusion of contributions from non-English speaking and...
In this third, fully revised edition, the 10 volume Encyclopedia of Language and Education offers the newest developments, including an entirely ne...