Learning to be Literate Multilingual Perspectives

by Edwards, Viv,

• ISBN13: 9781847690609
• ISBN10: 1847690602
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781847690623, 9781847696328
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-02-17
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
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Summary

This textbook introduces students to language in education policy, theory and practice in a multilingual world. Designed to be accessible to students from a wide range of disciplines, it explores multilingualism at the individual and societal level and its impact on literacy learning around the world.

Author Biography

Viv Edwards is Professor of Language in Education at the University of Reading where she is also Director of the National Centre for Language and Literacy. She is editor of the international journal Language and Education and has researched and published widely in the areas of multilingualism and education. Her book on Multilingualism in the English-speaking World received the 2005 British Association for Applied Linguistics book award. She is also a fellow of the Royal Society for Arts.

Table of Contents

Reading the word, reading the world

Multilingualism

Education in multilingual societies

Multiliteracies

The politics and practice of literacy teaching

Language, literacy and culture

Resources for learning

Making change in multilingual classrooms

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