Teaching in Multilingual and Diverse Classrooms – Part 1: Why multilingualism?

Lecturer: Björn Rothstein (Germanistische Sprachdidaktik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Runtime: 00:10:32

Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0

Upload: 07.11.2023

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In the first part of this lecture, Björn Rothstein gives a plea for multilingualism. He sketches the current political climate in Germany, in which multilingualism is challenged by some political parties as well as in some schools. Björn Rothstein then presents reasons, why multilingualism is an important part of modern societies.

The video was recorded on 3 May 2023 as part of the TESTEd lecture series. It is the first part of a three-part series on “Teaching in multilingual classrooms”.

Show notes

• Björn Rothstein: https://staff.germanistik.rub.de/rothstein/
• Wiese, H.; Tracy, R.; Sennema, A. (2020). „Deutschpflicht auf dem Schulhof? – Warum wir Mehrsprachigkeit brauchen“. Duden. Online: https://shop.duden.de/Deutschpflicht-auf-dem-Schulhof/9783411912971
• Unterberg, S. (2020). „Deutschpflicht an Grundschulen in Baden-Württemberg – Eltern wehren sich gegen Strafarbeiten für Drittklässlerin“. Der Spiegel. Online: https://t1p.de/mlzch
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Teaching in Multilingual and Diverse Classrooms – Part 2: Key concepts

Lecturer: Björn Rothstein (Germanistische Sprachdidaktik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Runtime: 00:22:16

Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0

Upload: 07.11.2023

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In the second part of the lecture, Björn Rothstein introduces key concepts of multilingualism, first discussing the monolingual habits (Gogolin 1989) that prescribe German as the main language in German schools. He then considers the importance of language skills in a diverse Europe, where the coexistence of many languages is a powerful symbol and identity builder. Secondly, Björn Rothstein explores the idea of diglossia (Ferguson 1959) and bilingualism, before finally examining the development of first and second languages in children.

The video was recorded on 3 May 2023 as part of the TESTEd lecture series. It is the second part of a three-part series on “Teaching in multilingual classrooms”.

Show notes

• Björn Rothstein: https://staff.germanistik.rub.de/rothstein/

Teaching in Multilingual and Diverse Classrooms – Part 3: Multilingualism@School

Lecturer: Björn Rothstein (Germanistische Sprachdidaktik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Institution: Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

Runtime: 00:15:16

Licence: CC-BY-SA 4.0

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In the third part of the lecture, Björn Rothstein introduces four goals when dealing with bilingual or multilingual students in the classroom – a cultural goal, a communicative goal, a language learning goal and a language awareness goal. He then links these different goals to methodological approaches, such as translanguaging, and provides concrete examples to illustrate the methods.

The video was recorded on 3 May 2023 as part of the TESTEd lecture series. It is the third part of a three-part series on “Teaching in multilingual classrooms”.

Show notes

• Björn Rothstein: https://staff.germanistik.rub.de/rothstein/
• Oomen-Welke, I. (2007). „Der Sprachfächer“. Filibach. Online: http://www.fillibach.de/de/material.html
• Maißner, F.-J. (2000). „Zwischensprachliche Netzwerke. Mehrsprachigkeitsdidaktische Überlegungen zur Wortschatzarbeit“. In: Französisch heute 31, pp. 55-67. Online: https://docplayer.org/19278198-Zwischensprachliche-netzwerke-mehrsprachigkeitsdidaktische-ueberlegungen-fuer-die-wortschatzarbeit.html
• Duarte, J. (2019). “Translanguaging in mainstream education: a sociocultural approach”. In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 22:2, pp. 150-164. Online: https://doi.org/10.1080/13670050.2016.1231774
• Behr, U. (2011). “Sprachübergreifendes Lernen aus der Sicht des muttersprachlichen Deutschunterrichts in der Sekundarstufe I“. In: Rothstein, B. (Hg.). Sprachvergleich in der Schule. Schneider Verlag Hohengehren. Online: https://paedagogik.de/alle-anzeigen-deutsch/product/sprachvergleich-in-der-schule-974/