ERIC Number: ED615216
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021-Sep-6
Pages: 464
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Rethinking the Education of Multilingual Learners: A Critical Analysis of Theoretical Concepts
Cummins, Jim
Multilingual Matters
Over the past 40 years, Jim Cummins has proposed a number of highly influential theoretical concepts, including the threshold and interdependence hypotheses and the distinction between conversational fluency and academic language proficiency. In this book, he provides a personal account of how these ideas developed and he examines the credibility of critiques they have generated, using the criteria of empirical adequacy, logical coherence, and consequential validity. These criteria of theoretical legitimacy are also applied to the evaluation of two different versions of translanguaging theory -- Unitary Translanguaging Theory and Crosslinguistic Translanguaging Theory -- in a way that significantly clarifies this controversial concept. [Foreword by Lily Wong Fillmore.]
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Teaching Methods, Linguistic Theory, Language Fluency, Academic Language, Language Proficiency, Interpersonal Relationship, Criticism, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Usage, Code Switching (Language), Validity, Bilingualism, Power Structure, Underachievement, Educational Environment, Classroom Communication, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Elementary Secondary Education
Multilingual Matters. Available from: Channel View Publications Ltd. St. Nicholas House, 31-34 High Street, Bristol, BS1 2AW, UK. Tel: +44 117 3158562; Fax: +44 117 3158563; e-mail: info@channelviewpublications.com; Web site: http://www.multilingual-matters.com
Publication Type: Books; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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