Multilingualism in European Language Education

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78892-330-9
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 219 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 523 g

This book explores how different European education systems manage multilingualism. Each chapter focuses on one of ten diverse settings (Andorra, Asturias, the Basque Country, Catalonia, England, Finland, France, Latvia, the Netherlands and Romania) and considers how its education system is influenced by historical, sociolinguistic and legislative and political processes and how languages are handled within the system, stressing the challenges and opportunities in each area of study. The chapters provide the reader with insights around three key aspects: the management of the guarantee of the rights of regional language minorities; the incorporation of the language background inherited by immigrants living in Europe (whether they are European citizens or not) and the need to promote the learning of international languages. Individually, the chapters offer deep insights into a specific education system and, together, the studies allow for a comparison and holistic understanding of multilingualism in European education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lapresta-Rey, Cecilio

Huguet, Ángel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction. Cecilio Lapresta & Ángel Huguet

Chapter 1. Montserrat Sendra & F. Xavier Vila-Moreno: Catalonia

Chapter 2. José-María Madariaga: The Basque Country

Chapter 3. Xosé Antón González-Riaño & Alberto Fernández-Costales: Principality of Asturias

Chapter 4. Josep M. Díaz Torrent & Carli Bastida Serra: Principality of Andorra

Chapter 5. Juan Jiménez Salcedo: France

Chapter 6. Theophile Munyangeyo & Saadia Gamir: England

Chapter 7. Andreu van Hooft, Frank van Meurs, Ulrike Nederstigt, Berna Hendriks, Brigitte Planken & Sjoerd van den Berg: The Netherlands

Chapter 8. Adelina Ianos, Clara Sansó & Cristina Petreñas: Romania

Chapter 9. Sanita Lazdina & Heiko F. Marten: Latvia

Chapter 10. John Smeds: Finland

Conclusions. Cristina Petreñas, Clara Sansó, Judit Janés, Ester Caballé, María Torres and Isabel Sáenz

Über Autor(innen)

Lapresta-Rey, Cecilio
Cecilio Lapresta-Rey is Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Sociology at the University of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. His areas of research are the construction of identity in multicultural and multilingual contexts and the linguistic attitudes of schoolchildren, especially the descendants of migrants, and their sociolinguistic and socioeducational integration.

Huguet, Ángel
Ángel Huguet is Professor in the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology at the University of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. His research interests include bilingual and multilingual education, second language acquisition, psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics.