9. Educating for Participation in a Bilingual or a Multilingual Society? Challenging the Power Balance between English and Irish (Gaelic) and Other Minority Languages in Ireland

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. The Contributors vii
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. Part 1: The Americas
6. 2. Teaching Spanish and Spanish in Teaching in the USA: Integrating Bilingual Perspectives 31
7. 3. Plurilingual Latin America: Indigenous Languages, Immigrant Languages, Foreign Languages - Towards an Integrated Policy of Language and Education 58
8. 4. Points of Contact or Separate Paths: A Vision of Bilingual Education in Colombia 109
9. 5. Staff Profiles in Minority and Prestigious Bilingual Education Contexts in Argentina 140
10. Part 2: Europe
11. 6. The National Languages Strategy in the UK: Are Minority Languages Still on the Margins? 183
12. 7. Bilingual Education in France: School Policies Versus Home Practices 203
13. 8. Languages and Language Learning in Catalan Schools: From the Bilingual to the Multilingual Challenge 228
14. 9. Educating for Participation in a Bilingual or a Multilingual Society? Challenging the Power Balance between English and Irish (Gaelic) and Other Minority Languages in Ireland 256