Engaging with Linguistic Diversity describes an innovative and
highly successful approach to inclusive plurilingual education at
primary level. The approach was developed by Scoil Bhride
(Cailini), Blanchardstown, as a way of converting extreme
linguistic diversity - more than 50 home languages in a school of
320 pupils - into educational capital. The central feature of the
approach is the inclusion of home languages in classroom
communication. After describing the national context, the book
traces the development of Scoil Bhride's approach and explores in
detail its impact on classroom discourse, pupils' plurilingual
literacy development, and their capacity for autonomous learning.
The authors illustrate their arguments with a wealth of practical
evidence drawn from a variety of sources; pupils' and teachers'
voices are especially prominent. The concluding chapter considers
issues of sustainability and replication and the implications of
the approach for teacher education. The book refers to a wide range
of relevant research findings and theories, including
translanguaging, plurilingual and intercultural education, language
awareness and language learner autonomy. It is essential reading
for researchers and policy-makers in the field of linguistically
inclusive education.
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