Multilingualism as Opportunity

1st Edition - An Integrated Perspective on English and Languages Education in Australia

By: Marianne Turner (Editor), Bill Green (Editor)

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Paperback | 22 September 2025 | Edition Number 1

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This book addresses how language is conceptualised in Australian schooling
to deliver a better understanding of how multilingualism can be incorporated
into everyday teaching and learning, practice, and policy.

By integrating different educational domains namely, subject English,
teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL), Languages as a
subject area, and the learning of languages across the curriculum the text
(re-)frames language(s) learning for all students, including first-generation
immigrants, international students, students born in Australia to immigrant
parents, Indigenous students, and students with no exposure to other languages at home. It
is distinctive in that it brings together scholars from across the L1 and L2
fields. Presenting a novel framework that addresses the positioning of both
language and opportunity across different domains at school, this book offers
a multilingual vision for all teachers. The Australian setting depicted serves as
a rich example for similar contexts worldwide.

This is an invaluable resource for students and academics in disciplines
related to language(s) and education, as well as teacher educators, school
leaders, and practitioners.

About the Editors

Marianne Turner is an Associate Professor in the Education Faculty at Monash University. She researches multilingualism and equity in education, with a focus on situated approaches to the leveraging of students’ linguistic and cultural resources in the classroom, and the integration of language(s) and content more generally.

Bill Green is Emeritus Professor of Education at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst Campus, New South Wales. He has longstanding research interests in literacy studies and curriculum inquiry, with a particular focus on English curriculum history and theory, and has published widely in these areas.

Industry Reviews

“How and why language matters in and for (Australian) education – this book’s organising question – makes its publication timely and profoundly important, especially for a colonial-settler, migration-destination country such as Australia. The topics are comprehensive and essential reading for anyone interested in multilingualism and the opportunities it presents for schooling and education.”

Margaret Kettle, Professor, Central Queensland University, Australia

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