Obligatory subject in the field of social sciences: Multilingual and Multicultural Education 3200-M1-0NSL2
This course empowers students to comprehend and critically analyze language learning and teaching within various educational settings, with a specific emphasis on multilingual and multicultural environments, individuals, and organizations. Throughout the semester we will explore the main concepts, theories, principles, controversies and ideologies in current multilingual and multicultural research and practice including: language education policies, the role of language as a learning tool and as a resource, developing pluriliteracies, the psychology of how learners learn their languages and literacies, multilingualism and cognition, multilingual digital literacies, multilingual identity in learners and teachers, multilingualism and status in the classroom, and multilingualism, 'race', ethnicity and anti-discrimination.
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Assessment criteria
Active participation and tasks: 20%
One mid-term assignment (presentation): 30%
Final quiz: 50%
Marking/ grading scale:
over 91% – 5
90%-81% – 4+
80%-71% – 4
70%-61% – 3+
60%- 51% – 3
Bibliography
Primary sources:
1/ Weber, J.J. & K. Horner (2012) Introducing Multilingualism. Abingdon: Routledge
2/ Stavans, A & Ch. Hoffmann (2015) Multilingualism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
3/ Garcia, O., Lin, A. M. Y. & S. May (2008) Bilingual and multilingual education. Cham: Springer
4/ Rings, G. & S. M. Rasinger (2023) The Cambridge Introduction to Intercultural Communication. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
5/ Romanowski, P. (Ed.) (2025) The Cambridge Handbook of Multilingual Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (available as of March 2025)
Additional sources:
1/ Martin-Jones, M., A. Blackledge & A. Creese (2015) The Routledge Handbook of Multilingualism. Abingdon: Routledge
2/ Cenoz, J. (2009) Towards Multilingual Education. Bristol: Multilingual Matters
3/ Cenoz, J. & D. Gorter (2021) Pedagogical translanguaging. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
4/ Lasagabaster, D. (2022) English Medium Instruction in Higher Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Additional information
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