Teaching through Basque

Achievement and Challenges

Edited by Prof. Jasone Cenoz

Publication date:

02 April 2008

Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Dimensions:

248x168mm
7x10"

ISBN-13: 9781847690708

This volume focuses on research in education in the Basque Country where Basque is very often the language of instruction for some or all the school subjects. The volume provides background information about the Basque educational system; about academic and linguistic results related to the use of Basque as the language of instruction and the challenges and problems the Basque educational system is currently facing. The volume focuses on research conducted in the Basque Country that can be useful for other bilingual and multilingual contexts involving different language combinations. The articles look at the achievements of the last 25 years but also discuss the challenges the Basque educational system is facing nowadays.

Introduction: Learning Through the Minority: An Introduction to the Use of Basque in Education in the Basque Country - Jasone Cenoz
1. Bilingual Education in the Basque Autonomous Community: Achievements and Challenges - Mikel Zalbide and Jasone Cenoz
2. Bilingual Education in Navarre: Achievements and Challenges - Nekane Oroz and Pablo Sotés
3. Assessment of Bilingual Education in the Basque Country - Josu Sierra
4. A Longitudinal Study of Academic Achievement in Spanish: The Effect of Linguistic Models - K. Santiago, J.F. Lukas, L. Joaristi, L. Lizasoain and N. Moyano
5. Measuring Student Language Use in the School Context - Iñaki Martinez de Luna & Pablo Suberbiola
6. Basque, Spanish and Immigrant Minority Languages in Basque Schools - Felix Etxeberria and Kristina Elosegi
7. Promoting the Minority Language through Integrated Plurilingual Language Planning: The Case of Ikastolas - Itziar Elorza and Inmaculada Muñoa

The volume is a welcome addition to the growing number of works about bilingual education and is a witness to the rich tradition of research in the Basque Autonomous Community.