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The multilingual challenge : cross-disciplinary perspectives /

This collection of scholarly articles is the first to address the challenges of multilingualism from a multidisciplinary perspective. The contributors to this volume examine both the beneficial and the problematic aspects of multilingualism in various dimensions, that is, they address familial, educ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Jessner, Ulrike (Editor), Kramsch, Claire J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2015.
Series:Trends in applied linguistics ; v. 16.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Table of contents ; Notes on the contributors ; Introduction: The multilingual challenge ; Part I: Familial challenges ; 1 Challenges of multilingualism to the family ; 2 The promotion of multilingualism in a Catalan-speaking area. Familial challenges in the Valencian Community.
  • Part II: Educational challenges 3 Conflict in the second language classroom: a teacher of Spanish facing the complicated dimensions of multilingualism ; 4 The legitimacy gap: multilingual language teachers in an era of globalization.
  • 5 " Le multilinguisme en question? "
  • The case of minority language education in Brittany (France) Part III: Institutional challenges ; 6 Challenges to monolingual national literatures ; 7 Multilingual and intercultural competence on the threshold of the Third Reich.
  • 8 Linguistic Unheimlichkeit: the Armenian and Arab communities of Cyprus Part IV: Scientific challenges ; 9 Monolingualism and multilingualism in the construction and dissemination of scientific knowledge.