Teachers are presented with the challenge of educating heterogeneous, multilingual students with high quality language and subject-specific education. Research group Multilingualism and Education studies the challenges of professionals in their teaching practice, their use of languages, and the different ways in which they foster inclusive education.

Lines of research within the research group

Publications


Education

Working in multilingual contexts is a key issue in teachers’ education and professional development. We aim to prepare teachers to choose pedagogically and didactically-informed ways of working, which fit their students’ needs, learning goals, and school environment.

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Collaboration

The research group works together with various regional, national, and international parties to strengthen a communicative, intercultural and content-oriented approach to foreign language education. Among others teachers who received their education at the Hogeschool Utrecht and the Universiteit Utrecht, and different teaching schools in the region. As well as internationally with the University of Malmö, Sweden, and Innland University for Applied Sciences, Norway.

Our professors and researchers

Rick de Graaff | Professor | Research group Foreign Language Education

Rick de Graaff

Professor Multilingualism and Education Show profile
Jantien Smit | professor | Multilingualism and Education

Jantien Smit

Professor Multilingualism and Education Show profile

Lyske van den Berg

Researcher Multilingualism and Education Show profile

Dorien Corver

Teacher-researcher Multilingualism and Education Show profile