Sviatlana Karpava – författare

This book is ideal for students of (applied) linguistics, (socio)linguistics, psycholinguistics, language acquisition and education, as well as practitioners, teachers, parents, experts and researchers wishing to update their knowledge regarding multilingualism, multiculturalism, language learning, and teaching.

This edited volume delves into the intricate relationships between multilingualism, inclusive education, and social justice. It presents a rich array of interdisciplinary studies that blend both theoretical and practical perspectives.The authors employ a mixed-methods approach to gather and analyze data from a diverse range of populations, including students, teachers, parents, and language policy experts across various educational levels. The book examines the dynamics of bilingual and multilingual classrooms, as well as Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) environments, emphasizing the importance of linguistic and cultural diversity as valuable educational resources. It draws upon a variety of theoretical and practical approaches from applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, language policy, and education, all centered on the benefits of multilingualism, inclusive education, and social justice.The work explores the complexities of multilingualism and multiculturalism and their connections to inclusive education and social justice across different geographic regions and educational settings. It adopts a dual approach, examining both theoretical frameworks and practical realities, by incorporating the voices and perspectives of multiple stakeholders. This diverse range of viewpoints sheds light on the roles of family and school involvement in promoting multilingual education, inclusive practices, and social justice.

This edited volume delves into the intricate relationships between multilingualism, inclusive education, and social justice. It presents a rich array of interdisciplinary studies that blend both theoretical and practical perspectives.The authors employ a mixed-methods approach to gather and analyze data from a diverse range of populations, including students, teachers, parents, and language policy experts across various educational levels. The book examines the dynamics of bilingual and multilingual classrooms, as well as Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) environments, emphasizing the importance of linguistic and cultural diversity as valuable educational resources. It draws upon a variety of theoretical and practical approaches from applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, language policy, and education, all centered on the benefits of multilingualism, inclusive education, and social justice.The work explores the complexities of multilingualism and multiculturalism and their connections to inclusive education and social justice across different geographic regions and educational settings. It adopts a dual approach, examining both theoretical frameworks and practical realities, by incorporating the voices and perspectives of multiple stakeholders. This diverse range of viewpoints sheds light on the roles of family and school involvement in promoting multilingual education, inclusive practices, and social justice.

This edited volume explores multilingualism, multiculturalism, and English language education across diverse global contexts, from the Global South to the Global North. It presents interdisciplinary research on language policy, multilingual awareness, and English-medium instruction, highlighting perspectives from teachers, students, parents, and administrators. The chapters critically examine culturally responsive teaching, inclusive practices, and teacher education programs that support immigrant, refugee, and minority language students. Topics include community-based curricula, multilingual activities, indigenous language revitalization, and sociocultural processes shaped by globalization and language ideologies. Drawing on research from Cyprus, Austria, Slovenia, the USA, India, Italy, Japan, and Canada, the volume employs varied methodological approaches to address the challenges and opportunities of multilingual classrooms. It is an essential resource for educators, researchers, and policymakers committed to fostering linguistic diversity and equity in education.

The book investigates adult second language (L2) acquisition of Greek by first language (L1) Russian speakers in the bi-dialectal setting of Cyprus. The participants all reside in Cyprus and came from former Soviet republics to Cyprus as young adults. The focus of the study is on the L2 acquisition of determiners, clitics and morphological agreement and relevant interpretable and uninterpretable features such as gender, person, number and case in both nominal and verbal domains. This explorative study of the real linguistic situation in Cyprus concerning adult second language/dialect acquisition tests theoretical hypotheses and provides insight into language development.

This edited volume emphasizes the critical role of macro, meso and micro factors in development of multilingual and multicultural environment for learning and teaching. The collection advocates for inclusive education, safe spaces for both teachers and students, teachers and students’ agency, educators’ reflection, and continuous professional development. It promotes the idea of multilingualism as a learning resource by overcoming a monolingual bias and language ideologies and by taking learners’ individual differences, social, economic and political factors into consideration. The originality of this collection is in its diversity spanning linguistic, sociocultural, and pedagogical dimensions.