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Multilingual Education Policy and Practice

Special Issue in FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education
Guest Co-Editor with Carol Benson, Teachers College, Columbia University

 Special Issue Guest Editor: Wong, K. M. & Benson, C. (2019). Policy and practice in the use of non-dominant languages in comparative education [Special issue].  FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education. [open access]

Articles

Wong, K. M. & Benson, C. (2019). Policy and practice in L1-based multilingual education: Challenges and steps forward. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 5(3), 1-11. doi:10.32865/fire201953202 [open access]

McIvor, O. & Ball, J. (2019). Language-in-education policies and Indigenous language revitalization efforts in Canada: Considerations for non-dominant language education in the Global South. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 5(3), 12-28. doi:10.32865/fire201953174

Brown, K. & Faster, M. (2019). Language Nests on the Move: The Case of Võro Pre-Primary Education in Estonia. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 5(3), 29-48. doi:10.32865/fire201953145

Wong, M. S. (2019). The Peace Dividend of Valuing Non-Dominant Languages in Language-in-Education Policies in Myanmar. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 5(3), 49-68. doi:10.32865/fire201953143.

Frawley, J. (2019). Integrating Multilingual Education with Child Friendly Schools to develop an evidence-referenced monitoring system. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 5(3), 69-83. doi:10.32865/fire201953137

Dalton, K., Hinshaw, S., & Knipe, J. (2019). Guatemalan Ixil Community Teacher Perspectives of Language Revitalization and Mother Tongue-Based Intercultural Bilingual Education. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 5(3), 84-104. doi:10.32865/fire201953144

Milian, M. & Walker, D. (2019). Bridges to Bilingualism: Teachers’ Roles in Promoting Indigenous Languages in Guatemala. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 5(3), 105-128. doi:10.32865/fire201953138.

Guti, B., Bal, G., Cano, M. A., & Meyer, L. M. (2019). Seismic Aftershocks and Language Policy in Oaxaca, Mexico: A Collaborative Account of Resolve and Resistance in the Defense and Use of Original Languages. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 5(3), 129-151. doi:10.32865/fire201953140 [English version]

Guti, B., Bal, G., Cano, M. A., & Meyer, L. M. (2019). Impactos Sísmicos y Política Lingüística en Oaxaca, México: Un Recuento Colaborativo de Voluntad y Resistencia Docente en la Defensa de las Lenguas Originarias. FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 5(3), 152-176. doi:10.32865/fire20195327 [Spanish version]

Book Reviews

Coleman, H. (Ed.). (2015). Multilingualisms and development: Selected proceedings of the 11th Language & Development Conference, New Delhi, India. London, UK: British Council ISBN: 978-0-86355-840-5. doi:10.32865/fire201953215
by Anna Kaiper-Marquez

Mohanty, A. K. (2019). The Multilingual Reality: Living with Languages. Bristol, United Kingdom: Multilingual Matters. 272 pages. ISBN: 978-1788921954 doi:10.32865/fire201953214
by Anna M Farrell

Gube, J., & Gao, F. (Eds). (2019). Education, Ethnicity and Equity in the Multilingual Asian Context. Singapore: Springer. 286 pp. ISBN: 978-981-13-3124-4. doi:10.32865/fire201953213
by Erina Iwasaki

Contributors

  • Gisela Bal, Vicente Guerrero Bilingual Preschool San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca MX

  • Jessica Ball, University of Victoria

  • Carol Benson, Teachers College, Columbia University

  • Kara Brown, University of South Carolina

  • Mayem Arellanes Cano, Technical Middle School #14 Reyes Mantec

  • Kelly Dalton, Marymount University

  • Anna M Farrell, Concordia University, St. Paul

  • Mariko Faster, University of Tartu and Võro Institute, Estonia 

  • Jack Frawley, Educational Consultant

  • Beatriz Guti, Vicente Guerrero Bilingual Preschool San Mateo del Mar, Oaxaca MX

  • Sarah Hinshaw, George Mason University

  • Erina Iwasaki, Teachers College Columbia University

  • Anna Kaiper-Marquez, Pennsylvania State University

  • John Knipe, Limestone College

  • Onowa McIvor, University of Victoria

  • Lois M. Meyer, University of New Mexico

  • Madeline Milian, University of Northern Colorado

  • Dana Walker, University of Northern Colorado

  • Kevin M. Wong, Pepperdine University

  • Mary Shepard Wong, Azusa Pacific University