Reviving Catalan at School: Challenges and Instructional Approaches

By Joaquim Arnau

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783090243
• ISBN13: 9781783090242
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 197 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"