Basque Educational Research from an International Perspective
Published 1st August 2009, Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 1-84769-192-7
Summary:
This volume focuses
on issues such as the learning, use and assessment of languages in
education, the age factor, the teaching of English as an international
language and multilingualism at the university, in educational contexts
in which several languages are taught either as subjects or languages
of instruction. Jasone Cenoz proposes the 'Continua of Multilingual
Education' as a tool to identify different types of multilingual
schools and focuses on Basque educational research to discuss issues
that are relevant for other contexts. "Towards Multilingual Education:
Basque Educational Research in International Perspective" is an up to
date and comprehensive review of research involving Basque, Spanish and
English in Basque schools. The book will be of great value to
researchers, professionals and students interested in multilingualism
and multilingual education all over the world.
Author Biography:
Jasone Cenoz is Professor of Research Methods in Education at the
University of the Basque Country in Spain. Her research focuses on
bilingual and multilingual education and language acquisition. She is
the editor (in collaboration with Ulrike Jessner) of the 'International
Journal of Multilingualism' and she has published several books,
special issues and articles on multilingualism, minority languages in
education, linguistic landscape, and the acquisition of English as a
third language in school contexts.