Treść książki
Przejdź do opcji czytnikaPrzejdź do nawigacjiPrzejdź do informacjiPrzejdź do stopki
INTRODUCTION
Thisbookaddressesissuesofteachingconnectedwithmultilingualism
andmulticulturalisminavarietyofeducationalcontexts.Itdrawsattention
tomattersofmulticulturaleducationinseveralEuropeancountries(Poland,
Ireland,Estonia,FranceandNorway)andintheUnitedStates.Itspeaksof
challengesresultingfromtheinevitablegrowthofmulticulturalismin
education,alsointhosecountrieswhereithasbeenarelativenoveltyand
wherethebenefitsandthreatscomingfrommulticulturalismhavetobe
integratedintotheawarenessandpracticeofeducationalauthoritiesandthe
systemofteachereducation.AsCopingwithDiversityreferstoaverycomplex
situation,thebookspeakswithamultiplicityofvoices.
Articlesinthebookhavebeendividedintothreeparts.PartIgroups
textsdiscussingnewtrendsinlanguageteachingaswellasdidacticissues
relatedtotheteachingoflanguageandculture,articlesinPartIIpresent
educationalcontextsinmulticulturalsocieties,whilePartIIIcontainstexts
reflectingonwaysinwhichteachereducationrespondstothechallenges
ofmultilingualismandmulticulturalism.
Newapproachestotheteachingoflanguageandcultureopenthe
book.Thespecificstatusoflearning/teachingofEnglishasthelanguage
whichisnolongerthepropertyofnativespeakersnoravehicleofa
specificculturecallsforaflexibleanddynamicapproachfromtheteacher
–thecomplexityofthissituationisrecalledbyMariuszMarczak.The
significanceoftheconceptofintercomprehensionforthedevelopmentof
plurilingualismandmultilingualismisstressedinthearticlebyKatarzyna
Cybulska.HannaKomorowskagivesanoverviewofContentand
LanguageIntegratedLearning(CLIL),whileMarzenaWysockadiscusses
newapproachestopreventingfossilizationandcounteractinglanguage
attrition.Newwaysofdealingwithassessmentarepresentedinthearticle
byEdytaWajda,whileMagdalenaSrokasuggestsavarietyofwaysto
supporttheoveralldevelopmentofthelearner.