Reviving Catalan at School

Challenges and Instructional Approaches

Edited by Prof. Joaquim Arnau

Publication date:

05 September 2013

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

234x156mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9781783090259

This book presents a comprehensive picture of languages and schools in Catalan-speaking countries, making much of the information available in English for the first time. The chapters examine multiple aspects of the language situation in these countries, including: the recovery of Catalan in schools; the position and status of the majority languages (English and Spanish); language-in-education policies in a multilingual, multicultural context; the possibility of multilingual competence; and the successes and failures of instructional processes.

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

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.