Multilingual policies are increasingly important and required in educational settings worldwide, yet a solid experimental body of theory, research, and practice providing guidance for the development of policies is lacking. The Israeli context presented in this book serves as a case study or a model that could be used by bodies or entities seeking to devise a multilingual policy.
The authors begin by addressing the general notion of a multilingual education policy with specific reference to the Israeli context. The book then focuses on specific challenges confronting the new policy that have been explored in empirical studies, and concludes with a proposed framework for a new multilingual education policy related to the core theoretical topics and empirical findings discussed in the previous chapters. This framework includes principles and strategies for implementing the process described in the book in other contexts, ensuring wide applicability and relevance.
Developing Multilingual Education Policies: Theory, Research, Practice is an essential read for all involved in language policy and planning within applied linguistics and education.
Author(s): Michal Tannenbaum, Elana Shohamy
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 206
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction: a journey towards a new multilingual policy
PART I Language policy, multilingualism, and education
1 A new approach to language education policies
2 Languages and policy in Israel: history and present
3 Advocating for a new multilingual education policy in Israel
PART II From policy challenges to research on multilingual education
4 Stakeholders’ attitudes and perceptions regarding multilingual education policies
5 Testing and assessment of minority students: language and content
6 Incorporating LI in the context of teaching English as an additional language
7 Connecting Jewish and Arab students via shared education
8 The role of heritage languages in multilingual education policies
9 Linguistic landscape as multilingual awareness
PART III From research to practice
10 Principles of the new multilingual education policy
11 Conclusions, challenges, and future directions
References
Appendices
Appendix 1: Questionnaire for attitudes study
Appendix 2: Questionnaire for English teachers
Appendix 3: Observation guide
Appendix 4: Interview questions for teachers and focus groups
Appendix 5: Interview questions for teachers who teach heritage languages
Appendix 6: Plan for lessons on linguistic landscape
Appendix 7: The invitation to the public exhibition that summarized the linguistic landscape research
Appendix 8: Language-policy course for principals
Appendix 9: Examples of suggested pedagogical activities to implement multilingual education policies
Index
