Multilingual Education Between Language Learning and Translanguaging [Paperback]

This cutting edge volume explores holistic trends in multilingualism, analysing the processes of both 'becoming multilingual' and 'being multilingual'.Multilingualism has increased in recent years due to globalisation, transnational mobility and the spread of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This volume explores some of the trends in the study of multilingual education by putting together research studies that analyse the processes of both 'becoming multilingual' and 'being multilingual' in educational contexts.Multilingualism has increased in recent years due to globalisation, transnational mobility and the spread of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This volume explores some of the trends in the study of multilingual education by putting together research studies that analyse the processes of both 'becoming multilingual' and 'being multilingual' in educational contexts.This cutting edge volume explores holistic trends in multilingualism, analysing the processes of both 'becoming multilingual' and 'being multilingual'. Multilingualism has increased in recent years due to globalisation, transnational mobility and the spread of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). This volume explores some of the trends in the study of multilingual education by putting together research studies that analyse the processes of both 'becoming multilingual' and 'being multilingual' in educational contexts.List of contributors; Series editors' preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Towards a holistic approach in the study of multilingual education Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter; 2. L1 as a pedagogical resource in building students' L2 academic literacy: pedagogical innovation in the science classroom in a Hong Kong school Gladys N. Y. Luk and Angel M. Y. Lin; 3. Linking content, linking students: a cross-linguistic pedagogical intervention Susan Ballinger; 4. The role of the native language in the literacy development of Latino students in the United Statl"