Embracing Multilingualism Across Educational Contexts

Whano mai taku reo, hīkina ake ki te atakura.

Karangahia! Whaikōrerotia! Wānangahia!

Come my language, come face the morning.

Breath from Earth Mother! From Sky Father!

Embracing Multilingualism Across Educational Contexts brings together researchers, practitioners, and community stakeholders from around the world to present international case studies of multilingualism in education. This book seeks to empower the speakers and teachers of heritage, Indigenous, and minority languages, as translanguaging also seeks to do. It challenges research agendas and pushes our understanding of linguistic terminology, especially in areas of social justice. At times examining classroom teaching and at times examining language policy, Embracing Multilingualism Across Educational Contexts showcases the value of and gains made when embracing multilingualism in education.

Corinne A. Seals is a Senior Lecturer of Applied Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Corinne has been Primary Investigator of the Wellington Translanguaging Project since 2017 and co-established Translanguaging Aotearoa with Vincent Ieni Olsen-Reeder. In addition to translanguaging, Corinne researches Ukrainian language politics, heritage language acquisition and maintenance, and linguistic landscapes.

Dr Vincent Ieni Olsen-Reeder (Ngā Pōtiki a Tamapahore, Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāi Te Rangi, Te Arawa) is a te reo Māori lecturer at Victoria University, Wellington, specialising in sociolinguistics and language revival. He is a published historical fiction and fiction author, poet, songwriter and translator.