Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms

New Dilemmas for Teachers

Jennifer Miller editor Alex Kostogriz editor Margaret Gearon editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Channel View Publications Ltd

Published:20th Oct '09

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A critical reality of contemporary education in a globalised world is the growing cultural, racial and linguistic diversity in schools and the issues involved in educating increasing numbers of students who are still learning the dominant language. This poses extraordinary challenges for second and foreign language teachers in many countries, where such students must engage with the mainstream curriculum in a new language. What do these increasingly plurilingual and multicultural classrooms look like? And how do language teachers address the challenges of such diverse classrooms? This book brings together a group of well-recognised language education scholars who present their research in a range of international settings. They focus on the key areas of pedagogy, language policy and curriculum and exemplify new research directions in the field.

This book raises a range of philosophical and pedagogical issues of fundamental importance to those working in linguistically and culturally classrooms everywhere and deserves to become a key text for teacher education courses.

-- Viv Edwards, The National Centre for Language and Literacy, University of Reading, UK

I commend this book not only for its attention to the complexities of preparing teachers for culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms, but also for opening up new ways of framing language education and teacher education in a globalised world.

-- Ann Chinnery, Simon Fraser University, Canada * Journal of Intercultural Studies 31:4 (201

ISBN: 9781847692160

Dimensions: 210mm x 148mm x 17mm

Weight: 397g

312 pages