Intercultural Education in European Classrooms

This book brings together the latest writings of leading educators and academics in the field of second/additional language learning along with the work of innovative teachers.From North America: Jim Cumminson, Learning to Read in a Second Language; Wayne Thomas and Virginia Collieron, Accelerated Learning for all Students. From the UK: Constant Leung, Second Language Pedagogy; Viv Edwards, Multilingual Word-processing in a Primary School; Tim Parker, Assessment and Planning for Second Language Learning; Susan Jaine, Synthesising New Knowledge About Language Learning. From Europe: Kostas Mangos, What Racism Did to One Pupil in a Greek School; Banna Hirvonen, Bilingual Teaching in a Russian-Finnish Class; Joke Kypriotak, Parental Participation Using Mother Tongue in Rotterdam; Maria Tanini, Adaptation to Classroom Language by Primary Pupils in Rome.This collection generated by the Intercultural Education Project UK, combines leading edge research with best classroom practice. It is an invaluable resource for all teachers of English as an additional language, for curriculum planners and for teacher educators and their students.