Multilingualism in Mathematics Classrooms
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Multilingualism in Mathematics Classrooms: Global Perspectives(73 Bilingual Education & Bilingualism)


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Mathematics classrooms are increasingly multilingual, whether they are found in linguistically diverse societies, urban melting pots or planned bilingual programs. The chapters in this book present and discuss examples of mathematics classroom life from a range of multilingual classroom settings, and use these examples to draw out and discuss key issues for the teaching and learning of mathematics and language. These issues relate to pedagogy, students’ learning, curriculum, assessment, policy and aspects of educational theory. The contributions are based on research conducted in mathematics classrooms in Europe, South Asia, North America and Australia. Recurring issues for the learning of mathematics include the relationship between language and mathematics, the relationship between formal and informal mathematical language, and the relationship between students’ home languages and the official language of schooling.

Table of Contents:
1 Mathematics in multilingual classrooms: an introductory discussion - Richard Barwell 2 Mapping the mathematical langscape - Frank Monaghan 3 Somali mathematics terminology: a community exploration of mathematics and culture - Susan Staats 4 Politics and practice of learning mathematics in multilingual classrooms: lessons from Pakistan - Anjum Halai 5 Mathematical word problems and bilingual learners in England - Richard Barwell 6 How language and graphs support conversation in a bilingual mathematics classroom - Judit Moschkovich 7 Reflections on a medium of instruction policy for mathematics in Malta - Marie T. Farrugia 8 Bilingual mathematics classrooms in Wales - Dylan V. Jones 9 Bilingual Latino students, writing and mathematics: a case study of successful teaching and learning - Kathryn Chval and Lena Licon Khisty 10 Mathematics teaching in Australian multilingual classrooms: developing an approach to the use of classroom languages - Philip C. Clarkson 11 Where next for multilingual mathematics classrooms? - Richard Barwell

About the Author :
Richard Barwell is associate professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Canada. His research is located in the intersection of applied linguistics and mathematics education, with a particular focus on multilingualism/ bilingualism in the teaching and learning of mathematics. His research interests include mathematics classroom discourse, mathematics learning in multilingual settings and the relationship between learning language and learning curriculum content and his work has been published in peer-reviewed journals in applied linguistics, mathematics education and general education. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Barwell taught mathematics in the UK and in Pakistan, where his interest in language and mathematics first arose.

Review :
The book adds significantly to the scholarly literature on linguistic diversity issues in mathematics education. This book also succeeds in capturing the powerful learning environments that teachers are intuitively creating, by analyzing classroom social interactions. This book will appeal to mathematics educators, teacher candidates, and researchers who are concerned with mathematics learning and teaching in multilingual classrooms. Also, this book will provide insights into second language educators, teacher candidates, and researchers who are interested in second language learning in content areas. The authors successfully described the complexity of teaching mathematics to linguistically diverse learners with the intent of sharing these insights with the international community of teachers and researchers who are concerned with multilingualism as a whole. -- Miwa Takeuchi, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, Canada, Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 10:2 The editor has astutely provided some of us who regard mathematics as a challenge with a book worth reading. The editor has collected a set of chapters which renders it possible to feel like an expert of a field one doesn't know about. It is this confidence and intellectual conceit which of course is a necessary step in a development of and not the closure of expertise in this important field. Sinfree Makoni. This timely book will greatly interest anyone seeking a better understanding of teaching and learning mathematics in linguistically diverse contexts. Researchers and educators of both mathematics and languages will find resources and inspiration in each chapter. Prof. Mamokgethi Setati The book does indeed provide an overview of interesting and important work that has been done by those who have initiated and developed research based on and in mathematics classroom practice; on the mathematics register, and on curriculum and policy...As a review of research and an elaboration of this for practice, it is, as I have said, a valuable resource for new researchers and practitioners. Jill Adler University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and King's College, London, UK Research in Mathematics Education, 12: 2, 165-174 Not only does it provide insights into the nature of mathematical thinking in a socio-linguistic context, but it also provides countless ideas for developing classroom practice, and opportunities to reflect on the nature of the dialogue bilingual learners need to extend that mathematical thinking. Catharine Driver, Cambridge Education @ Islington NALDIC


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781847692047
  • Publisher: Channel View Publications Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Multilingual Matters
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 200
  • Series Title: 73 Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
  • Sub Title: Global Perspectives
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1847692044
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2009
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 11 mm
  • Weight: 340 gr


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