Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings

Comparisons across Contexts

Siv Björklund, Mikaela Björklund, Siv Björklund, Mikaela Björklund

• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781800412996
• eBook ISBN:
  9781800413016
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Educational Policy
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Exploring multilingualism as a complex, context-related, societal and individual phenomenon, this book centres around perspectives on how multiple languages are made (in)visible within educational settings in the Global North. The authors of each chapter compare and contrast findings across geographical contexts with the goal of understanding the facets of multilingualism that, on the one hand, conform across contexts, and on the other, diverge context-specifically. The chapters range from contributions with a focus on national/state planning for the development of sustainable multilingual and intercultural educational policies, to chapters that deal with multilingual practices and identities of students and student teachers as well as the consequences for language practices, strategies and policies in diversifying societies. This cross-contextual, comparative and interdisciplinary exploration of multilingualism will be of great interest to researchers, administrators, practitioners and students within the fields of multilingual education, sociolinguistics, youth culture and identity studies. The book is open access under a CC BYNC ND licence.

Table of contents

• Cover-Page
• Half-Title
• Series
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Contributors
• Introduction
• 1. A Comparison of Swedish and Canadian Educational Policies and Instructional Practices: The Case of Multilingual Language Learners
• 2. National Curriculum Reforms and Their Impact on Indigenous and Minority Languages: The Sami in Norway and Welsh in Wales in Comparative Perspective
• 3. Languaging and Language Policies among Multilingual Children and Youth Groups in Finland and Denmark
• 4. ‘I Am a Plurilingual Speaker, but Can I Teach Plurilingual Speakers?’ Contradictions in Student Teacher Discourses on Plurilingualism in Spain, Slovenia and Finland
• 5. In Search of Dominant Language Constellations among Multilingual Young Adults in Cyprus and Finland: The Influence of Multiple Language Use and Practices on Linguistic Identity and Trajectories as Future Teachers
• 6. Supporting Multilingual Learning in Educational Contexts: Lessons from Poland, Finland and California
• 7. Researching Adolescents’ Linguistic Repertoires in Multilingual Areas: Case Studies from South Tyrol and Finland
• Creating Synergies in Comparative Multilingualism: An Epilogue
• Index