Monolingual Policies in Multilingual Schools

Monolingual Policies in Multilingual Schools
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9780197698143
ISBN-13 : 019769814X
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Book Synopsis Monolingual Policies in Multilingual Schools by : Jürgen Jaspers

Download or read book Monolingual Policies in Multilingual Schools written by Jürgen Jaspers and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows that teachers at monolingual schools in Brussels approach their multilingual pupils in quite ambivalent ways (severely imposing the school language, but also recognizing pupils' multilingualism). Underlining this ambivalence is important because the scientific literature typically prefers a focus on teachers who either support or suppress their pupils' multilingualism. Much ordinary, inconsistent, teacher behavior thus falls off the radar, while those teachers who appear in the literature are either praised (as critical) or blamed (as ideologically deceived). This book thus explores uncharted territory, it explains teachers' inconsistency as a type of thinking, and it suggests that we can evaluate their behavior in more complex terms than simply good or bad.


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