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Mapping the Terrain

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This chapter explores the research debates underpinning five case studies of language policy change. It considers the evidence for home languages making a difference to EAL learners as they negotiate a second culture and language. The chapter also maps out research debates about child language development and the value of exposure to multiple cultures and languages. In addition, the chapter explains the research methodology connecting the case studies, including the questions used to map the change process step by step and the interaction between outsider-researcher and insider to the school. A process of layered narrative is explained, a methodology which evolved in two chapters as insider and outsider researchers engaged in dialogue over a two-year period.

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  1. School of Education, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

    Jane Spiro

  2. Crisfield Educational Consulting, The Hague, The Netherlands

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Spiro, J., Crisfield, E. (2018). Mapping the Terrain. In: Linguistic and Cultural Innovation in Schools. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64382-3_1

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