Description
This book offers a critical exploration of definitions, methodologies, and ideologies of English-medium instruction (EMI) and contributes to new understandings of translanguaging as theory and pedagogy across diverse contexts. It demonstrates the affordances and constraints that translanguaging processes present in relation to EMI classrooms.
Author: Bethanne Paulsrud
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Published: 01/20/2021
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781788927314
ISBN10: 1788927311
BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics | General
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching
About the Author
BethAnne Paulsrud is a Senior Lecturer of English at Dalarna University, Sweden. Her research focuses on multilingualism in educational policy and practice, English and EMI in Sweden, and family language policy. She has co-edited two volumes on translanguaging and education, including New Perspectives on Translanguaging and Education (Multilingual Matters, 2017).
Zhongfeng Tian is an Assistant Professor of TESL Teacher Education/Applied Linguistics at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA. His research focuses on bilingual education, TESOL, and translanguaging. He has co-edited the volume Envisioning TESOL through a Translanguaging Lens: Global Perspectives (Springer, 2020).
Jeanette Toth is a Senior Lecturer of English at Dalarna University, Sweden. Her research has investigated policies, practices, and perspectives on languages and language use within EMI at the primary school level in Sweden. She has contributed chapters in two volumes on translanguaging and education, including New Perspectives on Translanguaging and Education (Multilingual Matters, 2017).