Teaching Content and Language in the Multilingual Classroom

Hammer, Svenja; Viesca, Kara Mitchell; Commins, Nancy L.

doi:10.4324/9780429459443

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“…Multilingual ideologies and practices are also emphasised in the newest Finnish core curriculum (see e.g. Alisaari, Vigren, et al, 2019). However, as our observations proved, the textbook exercises very rarely offer possibilities for students to engage with their whole language repertoires.…”

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“…The core curriculum advocates all languages as valuable resources for learning and obligates teachers to use and support the linguistic resources of their multilingual students (see e.g. Alisaari, Vigren, et al, 2019). Thus, the norm of parallel monolingualism (see above) is contested in the newest curriculum.…”

Section: Multilingualism and Language Policies In Finnish Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Linguistic landscape of Finnish school textbooks

Suuriniemi

Satokangas

2021

International Journal of Multilingualism

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This article focuses on the visibility and position of different languages in semiotic space, namely the linguistic landscape provided by textbooks. The aim is to determine to what extent the linguistic landscape of textbooks supports the multilingual emphasis of the Finnish national core curriculum and the multilingualism of Finnish classrooms. The data include 34 textbooks on five of the mandatory subjects and covers the different grades of comprehensive schools in Finland. The presence of different languages was mapped quantitatively by coding all languages that were mentioned or made visible in the textbooks. Further, a qualitative analysis of the most representative parts of the data was carried out. The results of this study show that different contexts and categories are constructed for different languages. Moreover, multilingualism is marginalised and monolingual practices appear as the norm. As a conclusion, this study reveals that the paradigm shift to multilingual approaches and practices in textbooks is under construction, and much is left to be done.

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Section: Multilingual Exercisesmentioning

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Section: Multilingualism and Language Policies In Finnish Schoolsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Linguistic landscape of Finnish school textbooks

Suuriniemi

Satokangas

2021

International Journal of Multilingualism

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Preparing teachers for diversity: how are teacher education systems responding to cultural diversity – the case of Austria and Ireland

Herzog-Punzenberger

Brown

Altrichter

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Teachers and Teaching

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The Impact of Teacher Education on English Teachers’ Views about Using Mother Tongues: A Teachers’ Perspective

Neokleous

Krulatz

2022

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After decades of persistent dominance of monolingual approaches in language teaching, we are now witnessing a shift to pluralist pedagogical practices that recognize learners’ mother tongues (MTs) as a valuable resource. This paper examines data from 44 questionnaire respondents and 4 interviewees to investigate teacher perspectives on using learners’ MTs in the classroom and the extent to which teacher education shaped their beliefs. The results suggest that while most of the participants stressed the importance of maximizing target language (TL) use, some of them also recognized the value of employing MTs for specific purposes, such as anchoring new learning, providing grammar explanations and task instructions, decreasing student and teacher anxiety, sustaining motivation, and supporting learner identity. Most participants agreed that their teacher education program exerted some influence on their beliefs and practices, but their personal experiences as learners and teachers were also named as influential sources. The most notable change in views related to an increased use of the TL, which contradicts recent findings relative to the value of using learners’ existing resources. The paper concludes by stressing the need to examine the curricula and objectives of teacher education programs in the light of the current research on multilingualism in education.

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Teaching Content and Language in the Multilingual Classroom

Cited by 5 publications

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Linguistic landscape of Finnish school textbooks

Linguistic landscape of Finnish school textbooks

Preparing teachers for diversity: how are teacher education systems responding to cultural diversity – the case of Austria and Ireland

The Impact of Teacher Education on English Teachers’ Views about Using Mother Tongues: A Teachers’ Perspective

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