Developing Multilingual Education Policies: Theory, Research, Practice

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: a journey towards a new multilingual policy -- PART I Language policy, multilingualism, and education -- 1 A new approach to language education policies -- 2 Languages and policy in Israel: history and present -- 3 Advocating for a new multilingual education policy in Israel -- PART II From policy challenges to research on multilingual education -- 4 Stakeholders' attitudes and perceptions regarding multilingual education policies -- 5 Testing and assessment of minority students: language and content -- 6 Incorporating LI in the context of teaching English as an additional language -- 7 Connecting Jewish and Arab students via shared education -- 8 The role of heritage languages in multilingual education policies -- 9 Linguistic landscape as multilingual awareness -- PART III From research to practice -- 10 Principles of the new multilingual education policy -- 11 Conclusions, challenges, and future directions -- References -- Appendices -- Appendix 1: Questionnaire for attitudes study -- Appendix 2: Questionnaire for English teachers -- Appendix 3: Observation guide -- Appendix 4: Interview questions for teachers and focus groups -- Appendix 5: Interview questions for teachers who teach heritage languages -- Appendix 6: Plan for lessons on linguistic landscape -- Appendix 7: The invitation to the public exhibition that summarized the linguistic landscape research -- Appendix 8: Language-policy course for principals -- Appendix 9: Examples of suggested pedagogical activities to implement multilingual education policies -- Index.