Preparing Teachers to Work with Multilingual Learners

This book examines a diverse range of approaches to multilingualism in teacher education programmes across Europe and North America. It studies how pre-service teachers are being prepared to work in multilingual contexts and the key features of current initiatives that address the linguistic and cultural diversity of their respective countries.

About the author

Meike Wernicke is Assistant Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Building on an extensive background in modern language teaching in French and German, her research in second language teacher education focuses on French language teacher professional development and teacher identity, intercultural education, bi-/multilingual language policy and discourse analytic research methodologies.
Svenja Hammer is Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute for Multilingualism, Language Development and Language Education at the Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. She is engaged in several teacher preparation courses at her university and at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, as well as in the International Consortium for Multilingual Excellence in Education project.
Antje Hansen is Research Assistant at the Coordination Office for Multilingualism and Language Education at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her research interests focus on multilingualism and language education in Germany, heritage language education, factors of successful multilingualism and transfer of research results into practice.
Tobias Schroedler is Junior Professor of Multilingualism and Social Inclusion at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. He has published on different aspects of multilingualism and his research interests include multilingualism in teacher education, institutional multilingualism, language education and language economics.

Summary

This book examines a diverse range of approaches to multilingualism in teacher education programmes across Europe and North America. It studies how pre-service teachers are being prepared to work in multilingual contexts and the key features of current initiatives that address the linguistic and cultural diversity of their respective countries.

Product details

• Assisted by: Svenja Hammer (Editor), Antje Hansen (Editor), Hansen Antje (Editor), Tobias Schroedler (Editor), Meike Wernicke (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781788926102
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-610-2
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 528 g
• Series: Multilingual Matters; Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, teacher training, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Bilingualism and multilingualism, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, Education of bilingual or multilingual students