Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings

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 geograph...

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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1711582026-01-30T12:26:25Z Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings Björklund, Siv Björklund, Mikaela multilingualism linguistic diversity cultural diversity interdisciplinary cross-disciplinary multilingual education sociolinguistics youth culture identity studies comparative multilingualism linguistic repertoires multilingual learning linguistic identity multiple language practice multiple language use plurilingualism languaging national curriculum reforms multilingual language learners diversifying societies language policies language strategies language practices multilingual identities multilingual practices intercultural educational policies sustainable multilingual policies multilingualism in education language policy & practice thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFD Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics::CFDM Bilingualism and multilingualism thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNS Teaching of students with different educational needs::JNSV Education of bilingual or multilingual students thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy 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 BY NC ND licence. 2026-01-30T12:26:24Z 2026-01-30T12:26:24Z 2026-01-21T14:04:56Z 2023 book ONIX_20260121T145746_9781800413009_16 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/109788 9781800413009 9781800412996 9781800413016 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/171158 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/109788/1/9781800413009.pdf Multilingual Matters / Channel View Publications Multilingual Matters d6a87be7-41a3-4d48-be90-3d0acb048185 9781800413009 9781800412996 9781800413016 Multilingual Matters 232 Bristol open access
spellingShingle multilingualism
linguistic diversity
cultural diversity
interdisciplinary
cross-disciplinary
multilingual education
sociolinguistics
youth culture
identity studies
comparative multilingualism
linguistic repertoires
multilingual learning
linguistic identity
multiple language practice
multiple language use
plurilingualism
languaging
national curriculum reforms
multilingual language learners
diversifying societies
language policies
language strategies
language practices
multilingual identities
multilingual practices
intercultural educational policies
sustainable multilingual policies
multilingualism in education
language policy & practice
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFD Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics::CFDM Bilingualism and multilingualism
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNS Teaching of students with different educational needs::JNSV Education of bilingual or multilingual students
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy
Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings
title Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings
title_full Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings
title_fullStr Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings
title_full_unstemmed Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings
title_short Policy and Practice for Multilingual Educational Settings
title_sort policy and practice for multilingual educational settings
topic multilingualism
linguistic diversity
cultural diversity
interdisciplinary
cross-disciplinary
multilingual education
sociolinguistics
youth culture
identity studies
comparative multilingualism
linguistic repertoires
multilingual learning
linguistic identity
multiple language practice
multiple language use
plurilingualism
languaging
national curriculum reforms
multilingual language learners
diversifying societies
language policies
language strategies
language practices
multilingual identities
multilingual practices
intercultural educational policies
sustainable multilingual policies
multilingualism in education
language policy & practice
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFD Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics::CFDM Bilingualism and multilingualism
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNS Teaching of students with different educational needs::JNSV Education of bilingual or multilingual students
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy
topic_facet multilingualism
linguistic diversity
cultural diversity
interdisciplinary
cross-disciplinary
multilingual education
sociolinguistics
youth culture
identity studies
comparative multilingualism
linguistic repertoires
multilingual learning
linguistic identity
multiple language practice
multiple language use
plurilingualism
languaging
national curriculum reforms
multilingual language learners
diversifying societies
language policies
language strategies
language practices
multilingual identities
multilingual practices
intercultural educational policies
sustainable multilingual policies
multilingualism in education
language policy & practice
thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFD Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics::CFDM Bilingualism and multilingualism
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNS Teaching of students with different educational needs::JNSV Education of bilingual or multilingual students
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy
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