Reviving Catalan at School: Challenges and Instructional Approaches

Published by Multilingual Matters 2013

Reviving Catalan at School

Challenges and Instructional Approaches

Edited by: Joaquim Arnau

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781783090266

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About this book

This book presents a comprehensive picture of languages and school in Catalan-speaking countries. The book makes information on the situation in these countries available to an English-speaking audience, and examines both language-in-education policies and instructional practices.

Author / Editor information

Arnau Joaquim :

Joaquim Arnau is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Barcelona. He has published widely on bilingual education and second language learning in Catalan.

Reviews

This book will be an excellent resource for scholars, educators, and policy-makers involved in language planning and acquisition.

A multilingual environment creates complex situations when teaching oral communication and literacy. The Catalan language is not only an element of identity, but also an example of a linguistic milieu affording immersion into an integrated language model. Catalan, Spanish and English are presented as a model of multilingualism. This book deals with good practices and the challenges encountered therein.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
1. Language-in-education Policies in the Catalan Language Area Joaquim Arnau and F. Xavier Vila Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. The Acquisition of Catalan by Immigrant Children. The Effect of Length of Stay and Family Language Àngel Huguet, Jose-Luis Navarro, Silvia-Maria Chireac and Clara Sansó Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3. Language Attitudes of Latin-American Newcomers in Three Secondary School Reception Classes in Catalonia Mireia Trenchs-Parera and Adriana Patiño-Santos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
4. Training a Primary Education Teacher to Teach Expository Text Comprehension Strategies Núria Castells, Isabel Solé, Cristina Luna, Eva Lordán, Esther Nadal, Mariana Miras and Sandra Espino Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	72
5. Teacher Training in Literacy Instruction and Academic Achievement in a Multilingual Classroom Joaquim Arnau, Haridian M de Aysa and Sonia Jarque Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	96
6. Production of Texts with Multimodal Resources by Two Groups of Primary Education Students Aneska Ortega, Júlia Coromina and Ana Teberosky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
7. Interlinguistic Reflection on Teaching and Learning Languages Oriol Guasch Boyé Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
8. Affording Students Opportunities for the Integrated Learning of Content and Language: A Contrastive Study on Classroom Interactional Strategies Deployed by Two CLIL Teachers Cristina Escobar Urmeneta and Natalia Evnitskaya Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
9. Integrated Languages Project Rosa Maria Ramírez and Teresa Serra Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183

Language: English
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Pages
- Main content: 240

eBook

Published: September 5, 2013
ISBN: 9781783090266