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.
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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 Lazdiņa & Heiko F. Marten: Latvia
Chapter 10. John Smeds: Finland
Conclusions. Cristina Petreñas, Clara Sansó, Judit Janés, Ester Caballé, María Torres and Isabel Sáenz
Circa l’autore
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.
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