Presents theoretical, empirical, and practical bases for implementing multilingual education programmes to prepare students for a multilingual world. The book addresses such issues as the integration of content instruction in multilingual programmes and teacher education.

Presents theoretical, empirical, and practical bases for implementing multilingual education programmes to prepare students for a multilingual world. The book addresses issues relevant to multilingual acquisition, the integration of content instruction in multilingual programmes, teacher education, and the role of culture in multilingual schools. It also presents case studies of multilingual schools in different parts of the world.

Part I Multidisciplinary perspectives on multilingual education: a global perspective on multilingualism and multilingual education, G. Richard Tucker
psycholinguistic perpsectives on multilingualism and multilingual education, Jasone Cenoz and Fred Genesee. Part II Educating towards multilingualism: curriculum decision-making in content-based teaching, Myriam Met
immersion pedegogy and implications for language teaching, Roy Lyster
cultural identities in multilingual classrooms, Michael Bryam
teacher education for multilingual contexts, David Nunan adnd Agnes Lam. Part III Case studies in multilingual education: Luxembourg and the European Schools, Charlotte Hoffman
multilingual education in the Basque country, Jasone Cenoz
teaching in two or more languages in the Philippine context, Andrew Gonzalez
policy, possibility and paradox - indigenous multilingualism and education in Peru and Bolivia, Nancy Hornberger and Luis Enrique Lopez
Eritrea - developing a programme of multilingual education, Nadine Dutcher.