Bilingual Education: Current Trends and Local Challenges

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Sofia Sire Reis
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/143521
• topic: Bilinguismo; Educação bilíngue; Tendências em pedagogia de línguas; Benefícios do bilinguismo; Variáveis no ensino de línguas; Bilingualism; Bilingual education; Trends in language pedagogy; Bilingual benefits; Variables in language education; Domínio/Área Científica::Humanidades::Línguas e Literaturas; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Ciências da Educação

The present work is a literature-based project to clarify and investigate the current take on bilingualism and bilingual education: what does the research say, what does it look like in the real world, and does it support learning. Similarly, there are three main parts: theoretical framework discussion, a series of vignettes illustrating application, and an analysis of several factors that impact bilingual programmes. Two newspaper articles offering a range of opinions from multiple stakeholders are the starting point to considering concepts surrounding bilingualism. We then discuss education in the 21st century and examine the benefits of speaking more than one language. We follow with a selection of 9 case studies to showcase bilingual education different views, approaches and aims: Canada, Singapore, Guatemala, the US, South Africa, Europe, China, Hong Kong and a closer look at Portugal. Set up variety highlights the interaction of numerous variables here divided also in three levels from micro to macro: programme, context and global view. The intricacy of the bilingual education system defies classification and makes model design and investigation very difficult. Although there is relative consensus in terms of benefits, impartial and purposeful research is needed.