The Multilingual Edge of Education

Introduction: The Multilingual Edge of Education

Piet Van Avermaet, Stef Slembrouck, Koen Van Gorp, Sven

Sierens, and Katrijn Maryns

Part I Multilingualism in Education in a Context of

Globalisation: A Status Quaestionis

Strategies of Multilingualism in Education for Minority

Children

Stef Slembrouck, Piet Van Avermaet, and Koen Van Gorp

Disrupting Linguistic Inequalities in US Urban Classrooms:

The Role of Translanguaging

Ofelia García, Kate Seltzer, and Daria Witt

Urban Multilingualism and Educational Achievement:

Identifying and Implementing Evidence-Based Strategies for

School Improvement

Jim Cummins

Part II Linguistic Diversity in the Home Context and the

Normative Discourses of Educational Institutions

Teaching in Two Languages: The Pedagogical Value of Code-

Switching in Multilingual Classroom Settings

Sithembele Marawu

Multilingualism and Translanguaging as a Resource for

Teaching and Learning in French Guiana

Sophie Alby and Isabelle Léglise

Migration and Plurilingualism in Southern European Homes

and Schools

Stefania Scaglione and Sandro Caruana

Translanguaging: A Matter of Sociolinguistics, Pedagogics

and Interaction?

Stef Slembrouck and Kirsten Rosiers

Part III Perception, Experiential Voice and Narrative in

Accounts of Multilingualism

Double-Edged Valorizations of Urban Heteroglossia

Jürgen Jaspers

From the Margins to the Centre: Multilingual Teachers

in a Monolingual System: Professional Identities, Skills

and Knowledge

Jean Conteh

Children's Bilingualism: An Inspiration for Multilingual

Educational Practices

Anastasia Gkaintartzi, Roula Tsokalidou, Evi Kompiadou, and

EviMarkou

Teaching African Languages the Ubuntu Way: The Effects

of Translanguaging Among Pre-Service Teachers in South

Africa

Leketi Makalela

Part IV The Added Value of Plurilingual Repertoires

Piet Van Avermaet is Professor in 'Language and Diversity' in the Linguistics Department of Ghent University, Belgium. He is also Director of the Centre for Diversity & Learning at the same University. Stef Slembrouck is Senior Full Professor in English Linguistics at Ghent University, Belgium. He is also Director of the University Language Centre. Koen Van Gorp is Head of Foreign Language Assessment at the Center for Language Teaching Advancement and affiliated faculty of the Second Language Studies Program at Michigan State University, USA. Sven Sierens is Senior Researcher at the Centre for Diversity & Learning, Linguistics Department at Ghent University, Belgium.Katrijn Maryns is Postdoctoral Researcher (FWO- Research Foundation Flanders) in the Linguistics Department at Ghent University, Belgium.r>