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Reporting on the research collaborations of a group of teachers, graduate students and a university professor, this book weaves together their collective insights about how classrooms might be better for students of diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds, abilities and socio-economic circumstances, and better for teachers as well. It also shows how research collaborations can result in rich and compelling descriptions of classroom events. Written in a style accessible to teachers and student teachers, it introduces sociocultural perpectives on identity, classroom and community practices, helping and transformative possibilities, using teacher narratives to reflect the complexity of classroom decision-making and reflective action.

College teaching. --- Interaction analysis in education. --- Language and education. --- Rhetoric. --- Language and education --- Philology & Linguistics --- Languages & Literatures --- Educational linguistics --- Education --- Language and languages --- Action research. --- Diverse classroom communities. --- Inclusive teaching. --- Multicultural classrooms. --- Multicultural education. --- Multilingual classrooms. --- Multilingual education. --- Multilingual elementary classrooms. --- TESL. --- Teacher Action Research Group. --- Teacher narratives.

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Starting from the key idea that learners and teachers bring diverse linguistic knowledge and resources to education, this book establishes and explores the concept of the ‘multilingual turn’ in languages education and the potential benefits for individuals and societies. It takes account of recent research, policy and practice in the fields of bilingual and multilingual education as well as foreign and second language education. The chapters integrate theory and practice, bringing together researchers and practitioners from five continents to illustrate the effects of the multilingual turn in society and evaluate the opportunities and challenges of implementing multilingual curricula and activities in a variety of classrooms. Based on the examples featured, the editors invite students, teachers, teacher educators and researchers to reflect on their own work and to evaluate the relevance and applicability of the multilingual turn in their own contexts.

Language and languages --- Multilingualism --- Multicultural education. --- Education, Bilingual. --- Bilingual education --- Bilingualism --- Multilingual education --- Intercultural education --- Education --- Culturally relevant pedagogy --- Plurilingualism --- Polyglottism --- Foreign language study --- Language and education --- Language schools --- Study and teaching. --- Social aspects. --- Culturally sustaining pedagogy --- Multilingualism Social aspects --- Social aspects --- Language and languages Study and teaching --- Study and teaching --- language and society. --- language education. --- multilingual classrooms. --- multilingual curricula. --- multilingual practices. --- multilingual society. --- multilingual turn.

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This open access book provides teachers with approaches to strengthen reading comprehension instruction based on scientific research and evidence-based didactic principles. In this volume, the Progress in International Reading Study (PIRLS) framework is used to inform teachers about the skills and knowledge that students need to comprehend certain texts. The book gives practical guidance on how a teacher can help students to learn these skills, specifically, when teaching reading to multilingual students. Good practices from schools in five participating PIRLS countries—Chile, Chinese Taipei, England, Georgia, and Spain—are shared. A description of the schools’ education in reading comprehension is provided with practical tips and example lessons. These insights into daily reading education in multilingual classrooms across the globe can be an inspiration to teachers all over the world.

Education --- Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) --- Language: reference & general --- Teacher training --- Comprensió de la lectura --- Ensenyament de la llengua --- Reading comprehension in multilingual classrooms --- Didactic principles in reading comprehension --- Scientific insights in reading comprehension --- teaching reading comprehension --- multilingual reading comprehension --- Practical guidance for teachers --- Using PIRLS to improve teaching reading comprehension --- Good practices teaching reading comprehension --- Didactic approaches for reading comprehension --- Example lessons for reading comprehension --- Skills and knowledge for understanding texts --- good readers in modern-day society --- PIRLS framework --- reading comprehension theory