ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of Plurilingual Language Education is the first comprehensive publication on plurilingualism, offering a multidimensional reflection on the nature, scope, and potential of plurilingualism in language education and society.
Authored by a range of internationally recognized experts, the Handbook provides an overview of key perspectives on plurilingualism in a complementary range of fields. After a comprehensive introduction to the concept itself, 24 chapters are organized in six parts, each examining plurilingualism through a different lens. The Handbook spans historical, philosophical, and sociological dimensions, examines cognitive and neuroscientific implications, and the limitations of boundaries before moving to a pragmatic perspective: How is plurilingual language education developing in different contexts around the world? How can it contribute to language revitalization? How can it be expected to develop in education, digital spaces, and society as a whole?
Written for an international audience, this handbook is an indispensable reference tool for scholars in education and applied linguistics, educators, graduate and post-graduate students, and policy makers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|71 pages
Historical Perspectives on Plurilingualism
chapter 4|14 pages
Cosmopolitanism and Plurilingual Traditions
part II|74 pages
Sociological and Philosophical Perspectives
chapter 5|11 pages
Language, Languaging, Plurilanguaging
chapter 6|18 pages
Evaluating Theoretical Constructs Underlying Plurilingual Pedagogies
part III|74 pages
The Plurilingual Individual
chapter 12|20 pages
Plurilingual Creativity
chapter III Critical Friend Response|2 pages
The Plurilingual Individual:
part IV|69 pages
Negotiating Boundaries
chapter 15|20 pages
Online Plurilingual Interaction
part V|116 pages
Plurilingualism, Pluriculturalism, and Practices in Language Education
chapter 20-1|7 pages
Perspective 1: Plurilingual Education in Europe
chapter 20-2|9 pages
Challenges to Implementing Best Practices in Complex Plurilingual Environments
chapter 20-4|9 pages
Plurilingual Possibilities in the US
chapter 20-5|8 pages
Plurilingual Teachers in a Monolingual Disguise
chapter V Critical Friend Response|2 pages
Practices in Search of Theory and Social Change
part VI|71 pages
The Potential Future of Plurilingualism