Languages, Cultures and Schools

Ken Cruickshank is Professor of Education at The University of Sydney, Australia. He is the editor of Community and Heritage Languages Schools Transforming Education (with J. Lo Bianco and M Wahlin, Routledge, 2024).Linda Tsung is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Multilingual Education at The University of Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Learning Chinese in a Multilingual Space: An Ecological Perspective on Studying Abroad (with P. Tong, Springer, 2022).

This well-researched book provides a comprehensive, timely, and highly readable account of community (heritage) language programs in Australia. Vivid case studies in distinct ethnolinguistic communities exemplify issues and possibilities in this educational sector. Important organizational, social, political, transnational, curricular, and pedagogical dimensions of community language education of wider global relevance are also discussed.

• Figures and ImagesGlossaryChapter 1. Introduction       Chapter 2. Context and Background            Chapter 3. School Organisation      Chapter 4. How Schools Make Communities: Thai Language Schools           Chapter 5. Polish CL Schools: Transnational Language Hubs     Chapter 6. Chinese Community Languages Schools        Chapter 7. Students in Community SchoolsChapter 8. TeachersChapter 9. Parents and Community/Heritage Languages Schools             Chapter 10. Principals and School Leaders            Chapter 11. Teaching and LearningChapter 12. Online Teaching            Chapter 13. Assessment and Accrediting Student Learning        Chapter 14. Politics: (Re)-Constructing Culture and Language   Chapter 15. Where To Next?ReferencesIndex