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Focus on Multilingualism as an Approach in Educational Contexts

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“Focus on Multilingualism” is a holistic approach to the study of multilingualism in educational contexts. This approach can be characterized by focusing on the following three elements: the multilingual speaker, the whole linguistic repertoire and the context. Multilingual speakers use languages as a resource to communicate successfully and to develop their own identities through multilingual practices. In this chapter, “Focus on Multilingualism” is illustrated with examples from multilingual education in the Basque Country.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge the funding by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness EDU2009–11601/EDU2012-32191 and the Basque Department of Education, Research and Universities (IT714-13, UFI 11/54).

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  1. Department of Research Methods in Education, University of the Basque Country, Donostia-San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain

    Jasone Cenoz

  2. Department of Theory and History of Education, University of the Basque Country-IKERBASQUE, Donostia-San Sebastian, Gipuzkoa, Spain

    Durk Gorter

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Cenoz, J., Gorter, D. (2014). Focus on Multilingualism as an Approach in Educational Contexts. In: Blackledge, A., Creese, A. (eds) Heteroglossia as Practice and Pedagogy. Educational Linguistics, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7856-6_13

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