A Study on Multilingual and Multicultural Literacy Education: Focusing on Primary Education and Teacher Training

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370722
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Ibaraki University
• Principal Investigator: Fukuda Hiroko 茨城大学, 人文学部, 教授 (60422177)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KANAMORI TSUYOSHI 文教大学, 教育学部, 教授 (90204544)
• Research Collaborator: YOSHIJIMA SHIGERU 東京大学, 名誉教授
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 多言語・多文化 / リテラシー / 複言語主義 / 複言語教育 / 統合的教授法/複言語教授法 / Passepartout / CLIL / スイス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The consideration of multilingual and multicultural literacy education should include plurilingualism and pluriculturalism. But how can plurilingual education based on plurilingualism and pluriculturalism be actualized? Passepartout, implemented in German-speaking Switzerland, is an advanced example of plurilingual education that begins in primary school. With a theoretical background that includes Cummins (1981, 2005) and Hufeisen & Gibson (2003), curricula have been developed using an Integrated Approach (Mehrsprachigkeitsdidaktik) that incorporates five elements into language teaching, including action and content orientation, awareness of language and culture, and cross-lingual classes. Such plurilingual education is significantly different from conventional language education, including the teaching of foreign languages.

Free Research Field

人文学