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Multilingual Education Works: From the Periphery to the Centre

by Kathleen Heugh and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas (Eds.)
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9788125041160
  • Binding: Paperback
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  • Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Orient Blackswan Pvt Ltd
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  • Pages: 376
  • Original Price: INR 1695.0
  • Language: English
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  • Item Weight: 558 grams
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For the last century or more, Western and Northern models of education have dominated countries of the South/South-East. These have seldom borne fruit in Africa, South America, South and South-East Asia becaause linguistic diversity and indigenous or organically developed educational practices have been largely overlooked. Such models have not met the needs of linguistically diverse communities on the margins. This volume responds to that challenge. It demonstrates successful practices in multilingual education, responsive to local conditions and with community participation, in low-income countries, even within limited budgetary investment. The examples in this volume foreground the systematic use of the mother tongue/local language, alongside an international language of wider communication and possibly a third language with regional or national significance. The case studies identify what works, as well as the risks and vulnerabilities. The West and North have much to learn from the practices presented and what the research contributes towards current theories in linguistics and education.

Dr  Tove Skutnabb-Kangas has written or edited around 50 monographs and around 400 articles and book chapters, in 38 languages, about minority education, linguistic human rights, linguistic genocide, subtractive spread of English and the relationship between biodiversity and linguistic diversity. She lives on an ecological farm. For publications, see www.tove-skutnabb-kangas.org

Kathleen Heugh is an applied linguist who focuses on language education policy, planning and evaluation in multilingual countries, and especially multilingual education practices in Africa. She is currently based at the University of South Australia, and holds several honorary positions at universities and institutions in Europe, India and South Africa. 

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