Engaging with Linguistic Diversity: A Study of Educational Inclusion in an Irish Primary School (Multilingualisms and Diversities in Education)
Little, David; Kirwan, Déirdre; Stroud, Christopher [Series Editor]; Heugh, Kathleen [Series Editor]; Van Avermaet, Piet [Series Editor];
Language: English
Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2019
Series: Book 1 of 2 - Multilingualisms and Diversities in Education
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- Title
- Engaging with Linguistic Diversity: A Study of Educational Inclusion in an Irish Primary School (Multilingualisms and Diversities in Education)
- Author
- Little, David; Kirwan, Déirdre; Stroud, Christopher [Series Editor]; Heugh, Kathleen [Series Editor]; Van Avermaet, Piet [Series Editor];
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1350072036
- ISBN 13
- 9781350072039
- Item weight
- 16 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6x0x9
- Series
- Book 1 of 2: Multilingualisms and Diversities in Education
Engaging with Linguistic Diversity describes an innovative and highly successful approach to inclusive plurilingual education at primary level. The approach was developed by Scoil Bhríde (Cailíní), Blanchardstown, as a way of converting extreme linguistic diversity – more than 50 home languages in a school of 320 pupils – into educational capital. The central feature of the approach is the inclusion of home languages in classroom communication.
After describing the national context, the book traces the development of Scoil Bhríde's approach and explores in detail its impact on classroom discourse, pupils' plurilingual literacy development, and their capacity for autonomous learning. The authors illustrate their arguments with a wealth of practical evidence drawn from a variety of sources; pupils' and teachers' voices are especially prominent. The concluding chapter considers issues of sustainability and replication and the implications of the approach for teacher education.
The book refers to a wide range of relevant research findings and theories, including translanguaging, plurilingual and intercultural education, language awareness and language learner autonomy. It is essential reading for researchers and policy-makers in the field of linguistically inclusive education.
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About the Author
Déirdre Kirwan was principal of Scoil Bhríde (Cailíní), Blanchardstown, Ireland, from 1987 to 2015. In 2008 she was nominated European Ambassador for Languages (Léargas) for her active promotion of cultural and linguistic diversity in the school, and in 2009 she received her PhD from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, for her research in this area.
Kathleen Heugh is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Research Centre for Languages and Cultures at the University of South Australia, Australia. She is also Honorary Research Fellow in the Human Sciences Research Council for South Africa and Extraordinary Associate Professor in Linguistics at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
Christopher Stroud is Senior Professor of Linguistics and Director for the Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. He is also Professor of Transnational Multilingualism in the Centre for Research on Bilingualism at the Stockholm University, Sweden.
Piet Van Avermaet is Associate Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Centre for Diversity and Learning at Ghent University, Belgium.
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