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Susan Ballinger, Editor; Ruth Fielding, Editor; Diane J. Tedick, Editor – Multilingual Matters, 2024
This book fills a large gap in our understanding of how to prepare teachers for the challenging but increasingly popular task of integrating content and language instruction. It brings together findings on content-based teacher education from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America in order to inform researchers and teacher educators and…
Descriptors: Content and Language Integrated Learning, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods
Zein, Subhan, Ed.; Garton, Sue, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2019
Language teacher education is widely identified as one of the most important areas that needs addressing in order to improve early language instruction, yet research into teacher education for early language teachers remains relatively sparse. This volume responds to this gap by compiling studies with diverse methodological tenets from a wide…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Second Language Learning, Teacher Education, Educational Research
Conteh, Jean, Ed.; Meier, Gabriela, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2014
Starting from the key idea that learners and teachers bring diverse linguistic knowledge and resources to education, this book establishes and explores the concept of the 'multilingual turn' in languages education and the potential benefits for individuals and societies. It takes account of recent research, policy, and practice in the fields of…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Bilingual Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Abello-Contesse, Christian, Ed.; Chandler, Paul M., Ed.; López-Jiménez, María Dolores, Ed.; Chacón-Beltrán, Rubén, Ed. – Multilingual Matters, 2013
Bilingual education is one of the fastest growing disciplines within applied linguistics. This book includes the work of 20 specialists working in various educational contexts across Europe, Latin America, and North America to create a volume which is both comprehensive in scope and multidimensional in its coverage of current bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Multilingualism, Language Usage, Language of Instruction
Tedick, Diane J.; Christian, Donna; Fortune, Tara Williams – Multilingual Matters, 2011
This volume builds on Fortune and Tedick's 2008 Pathways to Multilingualism: Evolving Perspectives on Immersion Education and showcases the practice and promise of immersion education through in-depth investigations of program design, implementation practices, and policies in one-way, two-way and indigenous programs. Contributors present new…
Descriptors: Program Design, Immersion Programs, Bilingual Education, Program Implementation