Open AccessNew Horizons for Research on Bilingualism and Plurilingualism: A Focus on Languages of Immigration in Canada
Author(s) -
Yvonne Hébert,
Yan Guo,
Martine Pellerin
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
encounters in theory and history of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2560-8371
DOI - 10.24908/eoe-ese-rse.v9i0.647
Subject(s) - neuroscience of multilingualism , immigration , bilingual education , multilingualism , relevance (law) , political science , pedagogy , new horizons , sociology , focus (optics) , linguistics , engineering , philosophy , physics , optics , law , spacecraft , aerospace engineering
The appropriate education of immigrant students is the most significant issue of this global era. It is timely to expand new horizons for research on educational implications by creating a comprehensive corpus of research on theories and practices dealing with linguistic rights; policy options; types of programmes; structural change; implementation and engagement. Drawing from the extensive research on bilingualism and bilingual education, this paper proposes an expansion beyond official bilingualism to embrace plurilingual education. A possible research agenda is generated. Sets of research topics are formulated in each area of relevance to plurilingual education as the future of education in Canada.