Sengupta, Baidehi and Karmakar, Samir
(2017)
Multilinguality in classrooms: looking at
primary education in West Bengal.
Language and Language Teaching, 6 (1).
pp. 36-42.
ISSN 2277-307X
Abstract
Multiplicity of forms is inherent to human
language and culture. The world has
witnessed an unequal distribution of power,
especially in connection to language.
Education is one such crucial domain in
which the effect of this unequal distribution
of power as a result of language can be seen.
This linguistic imbalance in the field of
education has caused much anxiety and
tension. However, human societies have
always been multilingual and multicultural,
and education systems of different ages have
always accommodated these differences. In
the 21st century, there has been a renewed
vigour and interest in educational alternatives
that create space for multilinguality in schools.
Mother tongue based multilingual education
has become the main model of education to
ensure equal access of education to all and
quality education for all. But can we really
hope to implement practically what we talk
about in theory?
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