Rethinking the Education of Multilingual Learners : A Critical Analysis of Theoretical Concepts

Name: Rethinking the Education of Multilingual Learners : A Critical Analysis of Theoretical Concepts
Brand: Jim Cummins
SKU: 9781800413573
Price: 35.65 GBP
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by Jim Cummins

Title:

Author:

Jim Cummins

Series (if any):

Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights

Format:

Paperback

Number of pages:

417 pages

Publisher:

Channel View Publications

ISBN-13:

9781800413573

EAN:

9781800413573

Classifications:

Linguistics

Weight (g):

834

Dimensions (mm):

156 x 233 x 31

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£35.65

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Description

A ground-breaking and topical commentary from a leading thinker within the field of multilingual education. Over the past 40 years, Jim Cummins has proposed a number of highly influential theoretical concepts, including the threshold and interdependence hypotheses and the distinction between conversational fluency and academic language proficiency. In this book, he provides a personal account of how these ideas developed and he examines the credibility of critiques they have generated, using the criteria of empirical adequacy, logical coherence, and consequential validity. These criteria of theoretical legitimacy are also applied to the evaluation of two different versions of translanguaging theory - Unitary Translanguaging Theory and Crosslinguistic Translanguaging Theory - in a way that significantly clarifies this controversial concept.