Forging Multilingual Spaces - Integrating Perspectives on Majority and Minority Bilingual Education

Informationen zum Autor Christine Hélot is a professor of English and a teacher educator at the University of Strasbourg in France (Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres d'Alsace). She is the coordinator of a research programme on plurilingualism, intercultural education, and language learning. Anne-Marie de Mejía works in the Centre for Research and Development in Education at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. She has a Ph. D in Linguistics in the area of Bilingual Education. Her research interests include bilingual classroom interaction, process of teacher empowerment and bilingual teacher development. Klappentext This book proposes an integrated approach to the study of bilingual education in minority and majority settings. Contributions from scholars in different countries in Europe and the Americas show how to bridge the gap between elite bilingualism and the bilingualism of minority communities and work towards multilingual spaces. Zusammenfassung This book proposes an integrated approach to the study of bilingual education in minority and majority settings. Contributions from scholars in different countries in Europe and the Americas show how to bridge the gap between elite bilingualism and the bilingualism of minority communities and work towards multilingual spaces.

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• Assisted by: Anne-Marie De Mej?a (Editor), Anne-Marie de Mejia (Editor), Anne-Marie (Universidad De Los Andes) De Mejia (Editor), Anne-Marie de Mejía (Editor), Christine H?lot (Editor), Anne-Marie Helot (Editor), Christine Helot (Editor), Christine (Universite Marc Bloch) Helot (Editor), Christine Hélot (Editor), Anne-Marie De Mejia (Editor)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.07.2008
• EAN: 9781847690753
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-075-3
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism; Bilingual Education and Biling; Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures