Linguistic Landscapes and Educational Spaces

This volume helps expand our understanding of the way language learning is always geosemiotically structured – sometimes hindering or closing off access, other times opening up powerful new opportunities. I applaud the editors for bringing together such a distinctive, diverse array of case studies. * Crispin Thurlow, University of Bern, Switzerland *
This exciting collection on ‘educationscapes’ expands the frontiers of research into ‘schoolscapes’ by examining Linguistic Landscapes of both formal and informal institutions. Transcending conventional boundaries of age, from pre-school children through to adult migrant learners, the chapters draw on data as diverse as blackboards, picture books, outdoor learning, and leaflets to highlight the potential for educationscapes to inform our understanding of our world. * Robert Blackwood, University of Liverpool, UK *

Linguistic Landscapes and Educational Spaces constituye un aporte significativo al espacio investigativo de los paisajes lingüísticos, escolares y educativos. Como señalan Durk Gorter y Jasone Cenoz, las distintas perspectivas sobre la formulación de los paisajes permite el análisis del espacio desde sus aspectos físicos, o desde su potencial capacidad para reproducir ideologías y normas lingüísticas. A la vez, algunos estudios han incluido metodologías participativas que ayudan a recrear los paisajes desde la visión de los propios actores de las localidades estudiadas. Todos estos esfuerzos logran construir un espacio investigativo interdisciplinario que une no solo las herramientas de la sociolingüística y la lingüística aplicada, sino que también tiene repercusiones y empleos en áreas tales cómo la educación, la alfabetización, y el análisis crítico del discurso.

* Isaac Galassi, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Lengua y migración / Language and Migration 15:1 (2023) *

...an inspiring read for anybody interested in LL studies, as well as an enriching source for educators who have not yet incorporated the LL approach into their teaching...a highly solid contribution pointing to the integration of two fields: linguistics (mostly sociolinguistics and applied linguistics) and educational sciences....the volume enhances bridges between the two fields while emphasising cognitive and social aspects as highly interrelated concepts in language learning.

* Sanita Martena and Heiko F. Marten, Rēzekne Academy of Technologies, Latvia, Sociolinguistic Studies, 16.4 2022 *

I strongly recommend this book to all educators. Among other aspects, this book will exemplify the relevance and importance of the myriad features of multimodality related to schoolscape and the linguistic landscape in education.

* Antoinette Camilleri Grima, University of Malta, Malta Review of Educational Research, Volume 16, No. 2. *

...a welcome contribution to the expanding scenery of research on language and education, on the linguistic landscape in general, and on the linguistic landscape in education in particular. The editors have taken care to cover two especially relevant areas in education: the linguistic and semiotic landscapes of educational spaces and
the linguistic landscape as a pedagogical resource. Together, the chapters form a showcase proving the extent and the value of linguistic landscapes (LL) in education, from the early years through to university, both inside
and outside educational institutions.

* Antoinette Camilleri Grima, Journal of Multilingual Theories and Practices *