1st Edition

Promoting Multilingual Practices for Linguistically Diverse Learners in Global Contexts

Edited By MaryAnn Christison, Anna Krulatz Copyright 2025
310 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

310 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

310 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The eleventh volume in the Routledge-TIRF series presents research on multilingualism in educational contexts across the globe. With chapters written by TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant awardees and internationally known scholars, the volume addresses the challenges and pedagogies associated with moving away from the monolingual paradigm to support the development of culturally and linguistically... Read more

PART I

Models and Frameworks for Promoting Multilingual Practices

 

1

A New Perspective on Multilingualism and Multilingual Practices: Dominant Language Constellation Approach

Larissa Aronin and Danuta Gabryś-Barker

 

2

An Integrated Approach Towards Using Multilingualism in Primary Education

Joana Duarte and Mirjam Günther-van der Meij

 

3

Frameworks and Models for Promoting Multilingual Practices in Classroom Contexts

MaryAnn Christison and Anna Krulatz

 

             

PART II

Language Policy and Planning for Multilingualism

 

4

Students’ Perceptions on Language Use and Learning Opportunities in a Multilingual Rural Municipality in Finland. A Longitudinal Perspective on Establishing Multilingualism in School

Mikaela Björklund and Siv Björklund

 

5

Elaborating on the Challenges of Multilingualism for Syrian English-Medium Instruction Students in Türkiye

Mehmet Altay and Dogan Yuksel

 

6

Two Language Teacher Candidates’ Acts of Linguistic Citizenship: A Comparative Case Study Across National Borders

Christian Fallas Escobar and Hazel Vega

 

7

Multilingually Conscious Teaching and English Medium of Instruction Policy in Kindergarten Education in Ghana

Mama Adobea Nii Owoo

 

 

PART III

Multilingual Practices With Young and Young Adult Learners

 

8

The Role of Signage in Multilingual Family Learning in a Science Museum

Min-Seok Choi

 

9

Multilingual-Multimodal-Multigenre Translanguaging in English as a New Language Classrooms in an Indiana High School English

Woongsik Choi and Wayne E. Wright

 

10

Parental Advocacy and Agency in Scaffolding Children’s Heritage Language Acquisition

in a Multilingual Context

Lanting Wang and M. Obaidul Hamid

 

11

Metalinguistic Awareness and Multilingualism: A Case Study of Young English Learners

Dianna Walla and Eliane Lorenz

 

 

PART IV

Multilingual Practices With Adult Learners

 

12

Searching for Better Opportunities in Seoul: Two Contrasting Case Studies on English-Medium Instruction

Eunhae Cho

 

13

Graduate Educators’ Multilingual Practices Supporting the Participation of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students in Seminar Classes

Jade Kim and Antoinette Gagné

 

14

Understanding Multilingualism in Higher Education Institutions Through the Framework of Dominant Language Constellation

Fakhereh Safatian, MaryAnn Christison, Yaqiong Xu, and Anna Krulatz

 

15

Language Resources for Newcomer Home Care Workers for Older Multilingual Adults

Kendi M. Ho

Biography

MaryAnn Christison is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Utah, USA.

 

Anna Krulatz is Professor of English in the Department of Teacher Education at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.