Lesser-Taught Languages in Multilingual Contexts

Gilles Forlot is a full professor of sociolinguistics and language education at Inalco University, in Paris, France.Seraphin Kamdem is currently a research associate in the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics as well as at the Centre of African Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London.

• Introduction: Framing Lesser-Taught Languages in Contemporary Multilingual Contexts Seraphin Kamdem & Gilles Forlot, PART 1: Variation, CHAPTER 1: Minority language instructors as agents of standardization: Confronting variation during the introduction of Picard in schools Jennifer Cox, CHAPTER 2: Teaching for Variation in a Sacred Language: Beyond Pluricentricity in Lakota/Dakota Language Revitalization Anke Al-Bataineh, CHAPTER 3: The place of variation in Maya as a second language classes. A comparative analysis between Merida (México) and Paris (France) Margarita Valdovinos, PART 2. Learning & teaching, CHAPTER 4: Analysing secondary students’ note-taking in Basque: Implications for immersion education Roberto Arias-Hermoso, Eneritz Garro Larrañaga, Ainara Imaz Agirre, CHAPTER 5: Language Ideologies and Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual Reading Education in Philippine Classrooms Jackson Orlanda & Portia Padilla, CHAPTER 6: Longitudinal Relationship Between Vocabulary and Word Reading Fluency in Multilingual Kapampangan-Filipino-English Speakers Portia Padilla & Alexandra Gottardo, PART 3. Language and educational policies, CHAPTER 7: The teaching of Mə̀dʉ̂mbɑ̀, Nda’nda’ and Yemba in secondary schools of the West region of Cameroon: Assessing the challenges and issues faced in teaching lesser-taught languages Hugues Carlos Fotso Gueche, CHAPTER 8: Creating equitable hybrid interaction spaces to revive Okpella, a Nigerian language Abdulmalik Yusuf Ofemile, CHAPTER 9: Nigeria’s Indigenous Languages and the National Policy on Education: The case of Efik in Primary Schools in Calabar Metropolis Eyo Mensah & Uchenna Ajake, CHAPTER 10: Spanish as a Lesser-Taught Language in Los Angeles: Family Socialization, Educational Discontinuity, and Bilingual Agency in a Contact Zone Eric Alvarez, Index