Insights into Language Education Policies

Manuel Jiménez Raya is a professor of applied linguistics at the University of Granada (Spain). His research interests are pedagogy for autonomy, language teacher education, and case pedagogy. He has published various articles and co-authored several books on FLT methodology and teacher education.Terry Lamb is a professor of languages and interdisciplinary pedagogy and director of the Centre for Teaching Innovation at the University of Westminster (England). He has published extensively in the areas of learner autonomy, multilingualism, and language teacher development and is the founder and editor of an academic journal.Borja Manzano Vázquez is a lecturer in the Department of English and German Philology at the University of Granada (Spain). His research interests are learner and teacher autonomy in language education, pedagogy for autonomy, bilingual education, and foreign language teacher education.

• ContentsList of contributors ................................................................................................7Manuel Jiménez Raya, Terry Lamb, and Borja Manzano VázquezPerspectives on language education policy ........................................................9Flávia Vieira and Maria Alfredo MoreiraFrom European to national policies in language education: Plurilingualism and the case of Portugal ........................................ 15María Luisa Pérez CañadoThe what’s, why’s, who’s, and how’s of Andalusian plurilingual education ................................................................................................................ 39José Manuel Vez JeremíasLanguage policies in Galicia: From bilingual education to trilingual schools .................................................................................................................... 65Borja Manzano VázquezFrom bilingualism to multilingualism in the Basque Autonomous Community: An overview of language policies and research outcomes ....... 89François Victor TochonLanguage education policy in the United States: A hesitation waltz .............. 111Kristine M. HarrisonToward empathetic multilingual language education policy (LEP) in the U.S. and the world: An indigenous view of linguistic autonomy through the Native American Languages Act ................................................... 131Bertha Du-BabcockHong Kong language policy and its relationship to and effect on language use in Hong Kong ................................................................................. 153List of figures .......................................................................................................... 183List of tables ........................................................................................................... 185