Choreographies Of Multilingualism
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Choreographies of Multilingualism
Singapore boasts a complex mix of languages and is therefore a rich site for the study of multilingualism and multilingual society. In particular, writing is a key medium in the production of the nation's multilingual order - one that is often used to organize language relations for public consumption. In Choreographies of Multilingualism, Tong King Lee examines the linguistic landscape of written language in Singapore - from street signage and advertisements, to institutional anthologies and text-based memorabilia, to language primers and social media-based poetry - to reveal the underpinning language ideologies and how those ideologies figure in political tensions. The book analyzes the competing official and grassroots narratives around multilingualism and takes a nuanced approach to discuss the marginalization, celebration, or appropriation of Singlish. Bringing together theoretical perspectives from sociolinguistics, multimodal semiotics, translation, and cultural studies, Lee demonstrates that multilingualism in Singapore is an emergent and evolving construct through which identities and ideologies are negotiated and articulated. Broad-ranging and cross-disciplinary, this book offers a significant contribution to our understanding of language in Singapore, and more broadly to our understanding of multilingualism and the sociolinguistics of writing.
Multilingual Education Yearbook 2025
This book offers a compelling exploration of the transformative role of translation practices in multilingual education. As we navigate the intricate landscapes of language, culture, and education, the book invites readers to delve into the potential of translation as a catalyst for profound transformation. The main topics covered in this volume include translation’s transformative power, which examines how translation enhances multiculturalism and multilingual education. Additionally, it includes innovative pedagogical approaches that bridge translation with multilingualism. Furthermore, it touches upon intercultural understanding through translation, which investigates how translation practices foster harmonious coexistence among multilinguals in educational settings. The focus extends beyond day-to-day communication to intentional translation practices in instructional settings, highlighting the social and transformative dimensions of translation in education. The book's selling points lie in its comprehensive exploration of translation's role in shaping educational landscapes. It also focuses on innovative approaches that bridge theory and practice in multilingual settings. The book encourages interdisciplinary studies aligned with the central theme, emphasizing translation practices as agents of transformation in multilingual education contexts. The target audience includes scholars, educators, and doctoral students interested in translation, multilingualism, and education.
Monolingual Policies in Multilingual Schools
This book shows that teachers at monolingual schools in Brussels approach their multilingual pupils in quite ambivalent ways (severely imposing the school language, but also recognizing pupils' multilingualism). Underlining this ambivalence is important because the scientific literature typically prefers a focus on teachers who either support or suppress their pupils' multilingualism. Much ordinary, inconsistent, teacher behavior thus falls off the radar, while those teachers who appear in the literature are either praised (as critical) or blamed (as ideologically deceived). This book thus explores uncharted territory, it explains teachers' inconsistency as a type of thinking, and it suggests that we can evaluate their behavior in more complex terms than simply good or bad.