Key concept and issues in Bilingual and Multilingul education

Bilingual education - use of 2 languages for learning and teaching

Multilingual education - use of 3 languages or more

Literacy - medium of 2 or more languages - organized and planned

Bi/Multilingual education - complex and challenged concept

Varieties of language - use as MOI

Cong. M. Gunigundo - language policy - flawed - uses of L1

2 Promote Mother-tongue-based Multilingual education

UNESCO

UNICEF

No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 - financial support of bilingual education

California - 1st state US - graduates (Seal of Biliteracy)

Bi/Multilingual education - 196 nations worldwide

7000 spoken langauge

Bilingual education - complexities and forms

Reason to study Bi/Mulitilingualism Education

1. Theoritical foundations and present bi/multilingualism

2. Broad overview of the historical development

3. Vivid critical example of policy and practice

4. Better reflect reality of multilingualism

Foundations for Bilingual and Multilingual Education

1. Angel Lin - need for better undestanding bi/multilingualism

Grassroots trans-semiotizing - creative use of multiple kinds of semiotics

2. Anatolly Kharhurin - bilingual practices not only for cognitive but also creativity
3. Guadalupe Valdes, Luis Poza and Maneka Brooks - sociocultural view of SLA

4. Viv Edwards - teachers - pedagogical practices

5. Laura Valdiviezo and Sonia Nieto - Cultural diversity foundation of Bi/Multilingual education

Argue understand the complex relationships of language and culture.

6. Colin Baker and Gwyn Lewis - perfect of research on bilingual education is not elusive

7. Angel Creese and Adrian Blackledge - Focus issues related to conducting research

8. Pala, Cummins, Nocus, Salaun and Vernaudon - intersection of language ideologies

9. Terrence Wiley - political contexts of bilingual and multilingual in education

Argue teacher - aware negative consequences of harmful language policies

10. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas - core of education - related linguistic human rights.

11. Nelson Flores and Hugo Baetens Boardsmore - Bilingual program models/structures -
contradictory roles (practices/pedagogical).

12. Ofelia Garcia and Li Wei - Translanguaging - classroom practices change the language -input/output.

13. Madahav Kafle and Suresh Canagarajah - Heteroglossic view of literacy opens -
conceptualize/explore multiliteracies

14. Elena Shohamy and Kate Menken - Call to change the current assessment practices based on
monolingual testing policies

15. Anne-Marie de Mejia and Christine Helot - Acknowledge - critical role - teacher - play help the
teacher to understand the complex multilingual realities - classroom

16. Beatriz Arias - Address the important issue of parent/community in bi/multilingualsim

Pedagogic Issues and Practices in Bi/Multilingual Education

1.Eugene E. Garcia and Amy M. Markos - Examines Early Childhood Education (ECE) among Dual
Language Learners (DLLs)

2. Maria Estela Brisk, Ester J. de Jong and Meredith C.Moore - research trends-bi/multilingual education -
primary school ; framework contributes to fair and good schooling bi/multilingual learners.

3. Christian Faltis and Frank Ramirez-Marin - research trends - bi/multilingual education - secondary
bilingual education.
4. Christia van der Walt - bi/multilingual practices in Higher Education (HE)

5. Teddi Beam-Conroy and Patricia Alvarez McHatton - ways schools responds to needs of linguistic
minorities.

6. Timothy Reagan - the nature, objectives and characteristicsof bilingual deaf education

Bilingual bicultural programs - deaf go beyond and focus on linguistic issues.