Description:
This book offers a unique view of multilingualism by presenting a contextualised case of a multilingual language policy which takes the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach. The volume opens with a general overview of multilingualism and multilingual education before focusing on the specific case study.
Brief description:
Dr. Inmaculada Fortanet is a full professor and researcher at Universitat Jaume I (Castellón, Spain), where she has coordinated the Group for Research on Academic and Professional English (GRAPE) for the last 20 years. Her research interests are related to Content and Language Integrated Learning in Higher Education and to multimodal discourse analysis. She is the author of CLIL in Higher Education. Towards a Multilingual Language Policy (Multilingual Matters, 2013). She is a founding member of the association ICLHE (Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education) and she belongs to its Executive Board since its creation. She has published articles in English for Specific Purposes, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Discourse Studies, ESP across Cultures, among others.
Review Quotes:
In light of internationalization and its implications for universities world-wide, this book is not only a timely, but also highly needed contribution to the ongoing debate on multilingual language policy in tertiary education. In building on an admiringly complete and yet highly succinct synthesis of the relevant broad and diversified applied linguistic literature, the study offers a multilayered, but at the same time easily accessible discussion of the considerations, concerns and challenges that need to be taken on board when developing a well-informed multilingual language policy. Readers will surely appreciate that the book also draws on a real life example - the University Jaume I, Spain. Thanks to the personal involvement of the author in designing and managing this university's recent multilingual language policy and its implementation, the description of, and recommendations for supporting the use of Spanish, Valencian and English are particularly insightful and valuable as they combine applied linguistic expertise and knowledge with hands-on experience in 'doing' language policy at a multilingual university.
--Ute Smit, Universität Wien, Austria