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A holistic model for multilingualism in education

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: This paper presents a holistic model for multilingualism in education (Duarte, 2017), which combines different approaches to teaching and knowledge and places them in a continuum—from the acknowledgement of different languages to their actual use as a language of instruction. The model addresses attitudes, knowledge, and skills related to the multilingualism of both teachers and students (Herzog-Punzenberger, Le Pichon-Vorstman, & Siarova, 2017) and is suitable for different school types and students (i.e., for both minority and migrant students). The model is tested in the northern Netherlands in a multilingual education project that combines different approaches to multilingual education for both migrant and minority learners. Through design-based interventions, teachers and researchers collaboratively develop multilingual activities in a bottom-up approach (i.e., based on questions from the schools involved). Some preliminary results from the project are presented, and the model’s contribution to research on multilingual education is discussed.

Source: EuroAmerican Journal of Applied Linguistics and Languages

DOI: 10.21283/2376905x.9.153

Authors: Joana Duarte, Mirjam Günther-van der Meij

Institutions: University of Groningen, Stenden University of Applied Sciences, NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Multilingual Education and Policy

Subfield: Linguistics and Language

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2907670885

FWCI: 32.24

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Cited by: 97

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