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Bilingual Education in a Challenging World: From Policy to Practice
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Bilingual Education in a Challenging World: From Policy to Practice

A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102). This special issue belongs to the section "Language and Literacy Education".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 4425

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Tzu-Bin Lin

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Guest Editor
Department of Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
Interests: language policy; bilingual education; media literacy; comparative education; multicultural education

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, the spread of bi/multilingualism and bi/multilingual education has become a significant phenomenon worldwide. Although the ideas hidden behind the promotion of bi/multilingual education vary from country to country, related policies and educational practices have increased substantially. The EU, Canada, and Singapore are frequently mentioned examples of countries providing bilingual education. In addition, there are bottom-up practices of bilingual schools in Australia and a top-down policy of initiating bilingual education in all levels of schooling in Taiwan. Under this circumstance, learning from other countries is common so that policy-borrowing or policy transfer occurs often. Meanwhile, due to different social and cultural contexts, diverse practices in bilingual education can be expected.

In this Special Issue, original research articles related to bi/multilingual education are welcome. The topics may include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Policy analysis of bi/multilingual education.
  • Development of bi/multilingual education in a region or in a country.
  • Implementation of bi/multilingual education at the central government or local authority level.
  • Practices of bi/multilingual education in pre-university education.
  • Practices of bi/multilingual education in higher education.
  • Pedagogy of bi/multilingual education.
  • Assessment or evaluation of bi/multilingual teaching.
  • Bi/multilingual teacher training.
  • Professional development of bi/multilingual teachers.
  • Teaching material of bi/multilingual teachers.
  • Technology-enhanced bi/multilingual teaching.
  • Attitudes of children, adolescents, and adults to bi/multilingual education.
  • Comparative study of bi/multilingual education.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Tzu-Bin Lin
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • bilingual education
  • multilingual education
  • language policy
  • bi/multilingual instruction

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The Implementation of Bilingual Education in Taiwan: A Case Study of Two Junior High Schools with a Bilingual Curriculum in Taipei City Using the FERTILE Model
by Po Tsai
Educ. Sci. 2024, 14(8), 887; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14080887 - 14 Aug 2024
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The development of bilingual education has rapidly grown in the past few decades, with v and ying implementations reflecting each country’s political, social and cultural contexts. In response, the Taiwanese government launched the Bilingual 2030 policy in Taiwan to improve international competitiveness and [...] Read more.
The development of bilingual education has rapidly grown in the past few decades, with v and ying implementations reflecting each country’s political, social and cultural contexts. In response, the Taiwanese government launched the Bilingual 2030 policy in Taiwan to improve international competitiveness and communication. Employing the FERTILE model as the theoretical framework, this case study focuses on (1) comprehending the role of the administrative team in implementing bilingual education within schools and (2) exploring the function of bilingual teacher professional learning communities. The results indicate that the involvement of school administrative teams, along with the support from BPLCs, are essential for implementing bilingual education in schools. More importantly, this research highlights the importance of administrative teams in providing a supportive environment. Also, the support from administrative teams is significant for enhancing the function of BPLCs, which play a key role in improving teachers’ instructional strategies. The findings of this study can generate both theoretical and practical contributions to bilingual education in Taiwan. First, the findings provide schools and policy makers in Taiwan with valuable insights for fostering bilingual teacher professional learning communities. Second, the findings from the two case studies, which utilised the FERTILE model to implement bilingual education, can serve as references for its nationwide promotion. Full article
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Teaching Bilingually: Unlocking the Academic and Cognitive Potential—Teachers’ Insights
by Emma Creed, Roberto Filippi and Andrew Holliman
Educ. Sci. 2024, 14(4), 406; https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14040406 - 13 Apr 2024
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Recent quantitative research on bilingual education suggests beneficial academic outcomes for pupils regardless of socio-economic status (SES). Bilingual education in England, a relatively novel phenomenon, may be better understood from teachers’ perspectives; however, there is a paucity of qualitative research in this area. [...] Read more.
Recent quantitative research on bilingual education suggests beneficial academic outcomes for pupils regardless of socio-economic status (SES). Bilingual education in England, a relatively novel phenomenon, may be better understood from teachers’ perspectives; however, there is a paucity of qualitative research in this area. To fill the gap, the present study explores the unique perspective of a sample of bilingual schoolteachers regarding the children who attend bilingual schools and the effects of bilingual education on children’s academic and non-academic development. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with six bilingual schoolteachers, and thematic analysis was adopted to interpret their experiences in greater depth. A thematic analysis revealed four superordinate themes: Academic and Socio-Cultural Effects, Privilege in Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Takes Time, and Special Educational Needs. These results highlight academic, socio-cultural, and linguistic benefits with important implications for promoting equity in bilingual education. Further research should focus on schools with a higher proportion of students from lower socio-economic status backgrounds. Full article
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Planned Papers

The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.

Title: Enhancing Multilingualism Awareness: Preparing White, Monolingual Teacher Candidates for Diverse Classrooms

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Title: Challenge-/Competence-Appraisal of Swiss Two-Way Immersion Teachers of the “Cursus bilingue / Bilingualer Studiengang” and Career-Entry Stage Implications

Abstract: A growing number of public two-way immersion schools (French-German) in the cantons of Bern, Jura and Neuchâtel in Switzerland led to an increased need of teachers explicitly prepared for those schools (Buser, 2020). These specialized needs of educators resulted in the thoughtfully conceptualized two-way immersion curriculum “Cursus bilingue / Bilingualer Studiengang” jointly offered by two Swiss Universities of Teacher Education located in the French-speaking and in the German-speaking part respectively (Buser, 2017). This article explores the challenge-/ competence-appraisal of two-way immersion teachers of the “Cursus bilingue / Bilingualer Studiengang” (Buser & Meia, 2023). Research data were collected by means of a data collection instrument (Keller-Schneider, 2010) to identify two-way immersion teachers’ appraisals of the challenge posed by their various professional requirements, and the associated feeling of competence as perceived by them. Challenge and competence appraisal is relevant for professional development and professionalization. A total of 689 future teachers - at different stages - from French-speaking, German-speaking and two-way immersion teacher training programs completed a survey measuring professional requirements in challenge and competence dimensions. Structural equation modelling was used to assess the validity of the measures. Teachers’ sense of competence and perceived challenge were compared across different stages and contexts. Based on the results of these two studies, research-based and practitioner-informed implications for an induction program for beginning two-way immersion teachers in their career-entry stage are presented. The challenges caused by the new complexity of requirements they meet as fully responsible two-way immersion teachers calls for such an induction program aiming to foster further professionalization processes needed to master the whole complexity of professional requirements.

Title: Towards embodied content and language integrated learning: Exploring the impact of translanguaging and trans-semiotizing pedagogy in nursing education in Hong Kong

Abstract: Internationalization is gaining in popularity in higher education. Bilingual programmes where a second language is used as the medium of instruction have thus become increasingly popular. Content and lan-guage integrated learning (CLIL) with both content and language having an integrated curricular role is one such programme. There has been fruitful research on CLIL in various contexts in primary and sec-ondary education. However, how to integrate language support with content teaching in the health sci-ence discipline has not featured prominently in research literature and efficacy of English-medium (EMI) nursing education is found compromised by the language barrier. In view of the research gap and the pivotal role of nursing education, research on CLIL pedagogy in nursing education is urgently needed. Therefore, this study draws upon the recent theoretical development of translanguaging and trans-semiotizing and investigates the impact of CLIL on university students’ content and language develop-ment in EMI nursing education with a quasi-experimental design. Data on the effectiveness of the translanguaging and trans-semiotizing pedagogy were collected through the pre- and post-tests, student and teacher interviews and classroom interaction recording. Results of the study indicated that: 1) EAL nursing students studying via the English medium are in dire need of academic literacy support; and 2) the translanguaging and trans-semiotizing CLIL pedagogy not only provides nursing students easier ac-cess to subject-specific vocabulary but also supports the unpacking and repacking of nursing knowledge in disciplinary genres. The implications for the language-in-education policy in English-medium nursing education will also be discussed.

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