Multilingual Educational Trends and Practices in Lebanon: A Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Bahous, Rima; Bacha, Nahla Nola; Nabhani, Mona
Titel	Multilingual Educational Trends and Practices in Lebanon: A Case Study
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 57 (2011) 5-6, S.737-749 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-011-9250-8
Schlagwörter	Private Schools; Official Languages; Language of Instruction; Multilingualism; Educational Trends; Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Case Studies; Educational Practices; Sociolinguistics; Educational Quality; Success; Performance Factors; Language Maintenance; Educational Resources; Teacher Education Programs; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Principals; Middle Management; Teaching Methods; Lebanon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Private school; Privatschule; Office language; Amtssprache; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Bildungsentwicklung; Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Bildungspraxis; Soziolinguistik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Erfolg; Leistungsindikator; Sprachpflege; Bildungsmittel; Lehrerverhalten; Principal; Schulleiter; Mittlere Führungskraft; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Libanon
Abstract	This paper reports on the multilingual background, language education policies and practices in Lebanon. Specifically, it shows how the multilingual make-up in the country is translated into language policies in schools. A survey of 30 private school principals, middle managers and teachers was administered online to obtain their views on school policies, problems, successes, concerns and quality ranking. Results showed that a great deal of work has been done to introduce a language of instruction and a third language as decreed by the Ministry of Education and at the same time keep the national language, Arabic, alive. The main concerns of the participants were the need for teacher training programmes and resources. Although the research implies that the school systems, in keeping up with this multilingual milieu, could be contributing to the death of the national language as well as producing students who are not fluent in any of the languages, there continues to be an attempt to keep alive a quality multilingual educational context which contributes to a cohesive society. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10