Engaging with linguistic diversity : a study of educational inclusion in an Irish primary school

Author(s)

• Little, David
• Kirwan, Déirdre

Bibliographic Information

Engaging with linguistic diversity : a study of educational inclusion in an Irish primary school

David Little and Déirdre Kirwan

（Multilingualisms and diversities in education）

Bloomsbury Academic, 2019

• : hb

Note

Bibliography: p. [179]-186

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Engaging with Linguistic Diversity describes an innovative and highly successful approach to inclusive plurilingual education at primary level. The approach was developed by Scoil Bhride (Cailini), Blanchardstown, as a way of converting extreme linguistic diversity - more than 50 home languages in a school of 320 pupils - into educational capital. The central feature of the approach is the inclusion of home languages in classroom communication. After describing the national context, the book traces the development of Scoil Bhride's approach and explores in detail its impact on classroom discourse, pupils' plurilingual literacy development, and their capacity for autonomous learning. The authors illustrate their arguments with a wealth of practical evidence drawn from a variety of sources; pupils' and teachers' voices are especially prominent. The concluding chapter considers issues of sustainability and replication and the implications of the approach for teacher education. The book refers to a wide range of relevant research findings and theories, including translanguaging, plurilingual and intercultural education, language awareness and language learner autonomy. It is essential reading for researchers and policy-makers in the field of linguistically inclusive education.

Table of Contents

Preface Series Editors' Foreword Foreword, Jim Cummins (University of Toronto, Canada) Introduction 1. The National Context 2. Scoil Bhride (Cailini) and the Evolution of an Inclusive Language Education Policy 3. Languages in Classroom Discourse: Using Plurilingual Skills to Construct Knowledge 4. The Development of Plurilingual Literacy 5. Plurilingual Learning and the Development of Learner Autonomy 6. Implications and Consequences Appendix Scoil Bhride's (Cailini)'s Language Policy Statement References Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB29424440
• ISBN:
  • 9781350072039
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xxiv, 190 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LC3736.I73
  • DC23 : 370.117509415
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Multilingual education -- Ireland
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB29424393