Christine Hélot & Muiris Ó Laoire 
Language Policy for the Multilingual Classroom [EPUB ebook] 
Pedagogy of the Possible

PART 1. THE ECOLOGY OF THE MULTILINGUAL CLASSROOM: FROM COMPLEXITY TO PEDAGOGY

1A Perspectives on the learners

Angela Creese and Adrian Blackledge: Ideologies and Interactions in Multilingual Education: What can an Ecological Approach Tell us about Bilingual Pedagogy?

Carola Mick: Heteroglossia in a Multilingual Learning Space: Approaching Language beyond “Lingualisms”

Christine Hélot: Children’s Literature in the Multilingual Classroom: Developing multilingual literacy acquisition

Anne Marie De Mejía: Multilingualism and Pedagogical Practices in Colombia’s Caribbean Archipelago

1B: Perspectives on the teachers

Kate Menken, Alexander Funk and Tatyana Kleyn: Teachers at the Epicenter: Engagement and Resistance in a Biliteracy Program for “Long-Term English Language Learners” in the U.S.

Bernadette O’ Rourke: Negotiating Multilingualism in an Irish Primary School Context Pierrot Ngomo: Exploring New Pedagogical Approaches in the Context of Multilingual Cameroon

PART II: DECONSTRUCTING THE MYTH OF MONOLINGUALISM Perspectives on Identities, Ideologies and Politics

Ute Walker : Linguistic Diversity as a Bridge to Adjustment: Making the Case for Bi/multilingualism as a Settlement Outcome in New Zealand

Michael Clyne: Three is too many in Australia: Questioning the Monolingual Mindset

Zvi Bekerman: Integrated Bilingual Education: Ethnographic Case Studies from the Palestinian-Jewish ‘Front’

Muiris Ó Laoire is Professor in the School of Health and Social Sciences at Munster Technological University, Ireland. He is author of several articles, chapters and books on language revitalisation, language teaching, language policy and multilingualism. He is currently providing professional development in content and language integrated learning (CLIL) to the Department (Ministry) of Education and to the European Schools Inspectorate. He was on the organising committee of the first international conference on immersion education in Ireland in 2015 and co-edited the conference proceedings with T.J. Ó Ceallaigh in 2015 and 2021.