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Multilingualism is a broad term that alludes to the use of several
languages (not necessarily proficiently) via the mutual interaction
of languages in the mind of the user or with others. Thus, it does
not only target language use, but how prior linguistic and cultural
experience of such users contributes to determining their
communicative competence. Interest in multilingualism is growing
fast in research, education, and policy. This volume addresses
current research in multilingualism from such diverse education
contexts as Spain, Costa Rica, Mexico or Japan in order to provide
an insight into the variety and diversity of research problems in
the field. Acknowledging that research questions are to still
further face the challenges posed by different contexts of practice
in primary, secondary and tertiary levels, this collection is
divided into ten chapters that approach the selected issues from
different empirical perspectives, bringing together research in
relevant contextual levels and emphases such as language, content
and skills acquisition, learning and teaching effectiveness, policy
supervision and motivational factors.
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