Towards Multilingual Education Basque Educational Research from an International Perspective

by Cenoz, Jasone

• ISBN13: 9781847691934
• ISBN10: 1847691935
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-18
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

This volume focuses on research in bilingual and multilingual education. It discusses the results of research conducted in different multilingual educational contexts and particularly in Basque schools and universities where Basque, Spanish and English are used as subjects and as languages of instruction.

Author Biography

Jasone Cenoz is Professor of Research Methods in Education at the University of the Basque Country in Spain. Her research focuses on bilingual and multilingual education and language acquisition. She is the editor (in collaboration with Ulrike Jessner) of the 'International Journal of Multilingualism' and she has published several books, special issues and articles on multilingualism, minority languages in education, linguistic landscape, and the acquisition of English as a third language in school contexts.

Table of Contents

Why multilingualism in education?

Towards a typology of multilingual education

Using the minority as the language of instruction

Learning through the minority language: linguistic and academic outcomes

Third language learning and instruction through the third language

Learning English and learning through English: research outcomes

The influence of bilingualism on L3

Identities and attitudes

The age factor in bilingual and multilingual education

Bilingual and multilingual education at the university

Conclusions and future perspectives

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