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 Research in International Perspective’ is an up to date and comprehensive review of research involving Basque, Spanish and English in Basque schools. The book will be of great value to researchers, professionals and students interested in multilingualism and multilingual education all over the world.
Table of Content
Foreword
Introduction
1. Why Multilingualism in Education?
2. Towards a Typology of Multilingual Education
3. Using the Minority as the Language of Instruction
4. Learning through the Minority Language: Linguistic and Academic Outcomes
5. Third Language Learning and Instruction through the Third Language
6. Learning English and Learning through English: Research Outcomes
7. The Influence of Bilingualism on L3
8. Identities and Attitudes
9. The Age Factor in Bilingual and Multilingual Education
10. Bilingual and Multilingual Education at the University
11. Conclusions and Future Perspectives
References
Index
About the author
Jasone Cenoz is Professor of Research Methods in Education at the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain, and a member of the advisory committee of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI). Her research focuses on multilingual education, bilingualism and multilingualism. She has published extensively and has presented her work at numerous international conferences and seminars.
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