Towards Multilingual Education: Basque Educational Research from an International Perspective

Cenoz (education research methods, U. of the Basque Country, Spain) presents an in-depth discussion of the results of research conducted in the Basque educational system, with comparisons to other bilingual/multilingual contexts. Coverage includes background information on the Basque Autonomous Community (BAC) and its languages, the challenges of using Basque--a minority language--as a medium of instruction, the teaching of English as a third language in the BAC, the influences of bilingualism on the acquisition of additional languages, language and identity and language attitudes, the age factor in bilingual/multilingual education, and the complexities of teaching through a minority language at the university level while also introducing English as an additional language. For researchers, professionals, teachers, and teacher educators in language education and planning. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Jasone Cenoz is professor of Applied Linguistics at the University of the Basque Country. Her research focuses on bilingualism and multilingualism in educational settings. She is the editor (in collaboration with Ulrike Jessner) of ? The International Journal of Multilingualism? and ? Aila Review? . She is publications coordinator of AILA (International Association of Applied Linguistics) and she is the vice-president of IAM (International Association of Multilingualism). She has published widely on bilingualism and multilingualism and her most recent volume is ? Towards Multilingual Education: Basque Educational Research in International Perspective? which will be published by Multilingual Matters.