CLIL in Higher Education

Towards a Multilingual Language Policy

Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2013
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-84769-935-0 (ISBN)

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This book offers a unique view of multilingualism by presenting a contextualised case of a multilingual language policy which takes the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach. The volume opens with a general overview of multilingualism and multilingual education before focusing on the specific case study.

This book offers a unique view of multilingualism in higher education from a global perspective. It presents a contextualised case of a multilingual language policy which takes the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach. The volume discusses various approaches to multilingual education including CLIL and then proposes guidelines for a multilingual language policy for Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, Spain. It examines the advantages of a multilingual education programme and reviews the success of existing language policies. This book will be an essential resource for researchers and students as well as policy makers.

Inmaculada Fortanet-Gómez is a senior lecturer at Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, where she teaches English for Specific Purposes for the degrees of Business Administration and English Studies, as well as Master and doctoral courses, and teacher training courses for CLIL at the university. Her research focuses on Content and Language Integrated Learning, as well as academic and professional English discourse.

Introduction

Part I. Multilingualism and Multilingual Education

Chapter 1. Multilingualism

Chapter 2. Multilingual Education

Part II. Multilingualism in Higher Education

Chapter 3. The Socio-political Context

Chapter 4. The Language Component

Chapter 5. The Pedagogical Component

Chapter 6. The Human Factor

Part III. Towards a Multilingual Higher Education Institution: The Case of Universitat Jaume I

Chapter 7. Description of the Study

Chapter 8. Background and Context of Universitat Jaume I

Chapter 9. Proposals for a Multilingual Language Policy

Part IV: Conclusions

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.4.2013
Reihe/Serie	Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
Verlagsort	Bristol
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	409 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-10	1-84769-935-9 / 1847699359
ISBN-13	978-1-84769-935-0 / 9781847699350
Zustand	Neuware