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| Summary: | This book presents exemplars of multilingualism in TESOL worldwide. It incorporates essential topics such as curriculum development, classroom instruction, materials creation, assessment, and teacher training where TESOL and multilingualism co-exist and co-develop. The wide-ranging and international collection of chapters is written by leading researchers in multilingualism and TESOL from around the world. This handbook provides unique insights into a range of practical approaches to promote local, indigenous and national languages in English language classrooms across a range of instructional programs in various geographical contexts. The book is divided into six sections. Part 1 presents curricular and principle-based approaches to multilingual TESOL in ESL/EFL classes. Part 2 includes chapters that showcase how diverse teachers bring multilingual TESOL to their classrooms. Part 3 discusses the challenges of teaching multilingual TESOL and how educators address them in their contexts. Part 4 provides activities and materials to support local languages in TESOL classrooms. Part 5 addresses assessment issues in multilingual TESOL. Part 6 includes initiatives and examples to prepare TESOL teachers to promote multilingualism in ESL/EFL classrooms.--
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 517 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| ISBN: | 9789811993503
9811993505 |
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| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
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| Biographical or Historical Data: | Kashif Raza is a sessional instructor and a PhD Candidate at Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada, specializing in Leadership, Policy and Governance. Dudley Reynolds is a teaching professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar. He served as the president of TESOL International Association in 2016-2017 and has been a teacher and researcher of multilingual language learners for over 30 years. Christine Coombe has a Ph.D. in Foreign/Second Language Education from The Ohio State University. She is currently an associate professor of General Studies at Dubai Men's College in the UAE. |
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