Engineering linguistic diversity for language learning: the European School experience

Alex Housen

Engineering linguistic diversity for language learning: the European School experience

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Abstract

This paper discusses an education system that has been explicitly designed to deal with extreme linguistic diversity, the European School system. First, key features of the European Schools are outlined. Then I discuss two empirical studies which investigated the development of English-L2 proficiency in the ES system, giving particular attention to how the second language learning process is affected by the interplay between curricular and contextual factors. The paper concludes by discussing wider implications of research on the European Schools for multilingual and second language education in general

Original language	English
Title of host publication	LED 2007: Refereed conference proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity.
Editors	Stephen May
Publisher	Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research (WMIER), Hamilton, New Zealand
Pages	121-141
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	0-9582504-4-8
Publication status	Published - 2009
Event	Finds and Results from the Swedish Cyprus Expedition: A Gender Perspective at the Medelhavsmuseet - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 21 Sept 2009 → 25 Sept 2009

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Conference	Finds and Results from the Swedish Cyprus Expedition: A Gender Perspective at the Medelhavsmuseet
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	21/09/09 → 25/09/09

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Stephen May

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bilingual education
language learning

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Housen, A 2009, Engineering linguistic diversity for language learning: the European School experience. in S May (ed.), LED 2007: Refereed conference proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity.. Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research (WMIER), Hamilton, New Zealand, pp. 121-141, Finds and Results from the Swedish Cyprus Expedition: A Gender Perspective at the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Sweden, 21/09/09.

Engineering linguistic diversity for language learning: the European School experience. / Housen, Alex.
LED 2007: Refereed conference proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity.. ed. / Stephen May. Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research (WMIER), Hamilton, New Zealand, 2009. p. 121-141.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper

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