Multilingualism collection

This is a collection of papers focussed on multilingualism as it intersects with sociolinguistics.

    WP360. Preparing teachers to work multilingually: A Gambian pilot project

    Ancarno, Bah, Ceesay, Ceesay, Colley, Jammeh, Konteh, & Secka
    2026
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    This report presents the outcomes of a pilot teacher training initiative designed to support the integration of multilingual pedagogy in teacher education in The Gambia. The pilot focused on…
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    WP352 Heritage language schools in Cambridge

    Friedrich
    2026
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    In Cambridge, there is a well-developed network of community heritage language schools that are dedicated to the teaching and learning of some of the many minority languages spoken by…
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    WP346 Relinking with ubuntu multilingualism through bilingual science learning: Parents’ perspectives

    Tyler
    2025
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    This paper contributes to the sparse literature on parents’ views on language in education policy in Southern Africa. The children of the parents interviewed in this study participated in…
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    WP344 Changing conceptions of literacies, language & development: Implications for the provision of adult basic education in South Africa

    Kerfoot
    2025
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    This text is the introduction to a thesis by publication which was published in 2009. The thesis prefigures several contemporary debates in multilingual language and literacy education, notably southern…
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    WP341 Around and beyond the DfE’s Curriculum & Assessment Review: Working across sectors for the future of language education

    Rampton
    2025
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    Animated by general agreement that language education in England is too narrow, this article introduces a multi-layered approach to policy development, and outlines six tenets guiding the recently formed…
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    WP333 Migrant language education and participatory pedagogy in a Nation of Sanctuary

    Mike Chick
    2025
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    Recent reports and research evidence on the organisation and provision of language education for migrants in the UK have illuminated numerous shortfalls. Challenges have been identified not only in…
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    WP325. On language and the planetary: Édouard Glissant’s philosophy of multilingual Relation

    Dawes
    2025
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    This article explores the lessons for antiracism provided by Édouard Glissant’s philosophy of language. The late Martinican scholar (1928-2011) writes extensively about language in correspondence to core concepts in…
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    WP323 Founding Statement for a Coalition for Language Education

    Coalition for Language Education
    2024
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    This Coalition for Language Education is committed to developing the communicative capacities of individuals, groups and institutions and the range of languages and linguistic styles – the ‘linguistic repertoires’…
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    WP321 A new coalition for language education? Report on an initial consultation

    Rampton
    2023
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    This document reports on an informal consultation with 50+ people involved with different subfields of language education in the UK (EAL, ESOL, EAP, EFL, CLs, MFL, Early Years, mainstream…
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