[lg policy] New Book: Towards Multilingual Education

[Harold Schiffman]

Forwarded From: Jasone Cenoz jasone.cenoz at ehu.es



*New book: Towards Multilingual Education* (
www.multilingual-matters.com/display.asp?isb=9781847691927)
 <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/1847691927/ref=dp_image_z_0?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books>
Jasone Cenoz, University of the Basque Country


This volume focuses on issues such as the learning, use and assessment of
languages in education, the age factor, the teaching of English as an
international language and multilingualism at the university, in educational
contexts in which several languages are taught either as subjects or
languages of instruction. Jasone Cenoz proposes the 'Continua of
Multilingual Education' as a tool to identify different types of
multilingual schools and focuses on Basque educational research to discuss
issues that are relevant for other contexts. "Towards Multilingual
Education: Basque Educational Research in International Perspective" is an
up to date and comprehensive review of research involving Basque, Spanish
and English in Basque schools. The book will be of great value to
researchers, professionals and students interested in multilingualism and
multilingual education all over the world.


Comprehensive in scope, and universal in its appeal, this book provides new
understandings of multilingualism in education. By focusing on the case of
the Basque Country, Cenoz studies the complexity of language development in
an international, national and regional language, from early childhood
education to university. The combination of the fine lens applied to the
Basque Country with the broad strokes of deep theoretical and international
understandings makes this a unique contribution.

*Ofelia Garcia, City University of New York*



This is a superbly detailed and insightful case study of multilingual
education that covers multiple perspectives. It would be an excellent
textbook as well as a important resource for scholars and policy makers in
the field."

* Fred Genesee, McGill University*

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This book is a very timely and important contribution to the field of
applied linguistics. It  offers valuable insights into the study of bi- and
multilingual education in the Basque Country from an international
perspective. The author’s familiarity with both the educational context and
research in the field of multilingualism is reflected in the intellectually
rich and most comprehensive book which  is bound to become an indispensable
reference-point in any discussion on multilingualism and multilingual
education.

*Ulrike Jessner, University of Innsbruck *

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Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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