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Book review of Plurilingualism in teaching and Learning: Complexities across contexts, Edited by Julie Choi and Sue Ollerhead, Routledge, New York, 2018, 244 pages, IBSN 978-1-138-22849-8

Highlights

  • This new edited volume brings together a range of chapters reflecting on teaching and learning experiences across Australian and international contexts where multiple languages are used for learning and language and content

  • The book draws upon the distinction between multilingualism and the newer term ‘plurilingualism’ (Moore 2006; Piccardo 2013) to recognise the ways in which individuals use an integrated repertoire of languages in particular contexts

  • This chapter reviews the state of language policy in Australia which contextualises the other Australian studies throughout the book

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Introduction

This new edited volume brings together a range of chapters reflecting on teaching and learning experiences across Australian and international contexts where multiple languages are used for learning and language and content. Plurilingualism, is a term whose time has come as a way to think about the lived experience of those working with more than one language.

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