Jim Cummins
List of John Benjamins publications for which Jim Cummins plays a role.
2015 Identities in motion: Rethinking teacher-student identity negotiation in multilingual school contexts Teachers’ Plurilingual Identities in Transnational Contexts, Schmidt, Clea and Antoinette Gagné (eds.), pp. 99–105 | Article
Recent scholarship within the field of applied linguistics highlights the fact that identities are not static but are fluid, multiple, changeable across time and space, and always constructed in relationship to interactions with others. In other words, identities are constantly in motion. This… read more
2014 Rethinking pedagogical assumptions in Canadian French immersion programs Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education 2:1, pp. 3–22 | Article
Bilingual education and second language immersion programs have operated on the premise that the bilingual student’s two languages should be kept rigidly separate. This paper argues that although it is appropriate to maintain largely separate spaces for each language, it is also important to teach… read more
2013 Current research on language transfer: Implications for language teaching policy and practice Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas: Acquisition, identities, space, education, Siemund, Peter, Ingrid Gogolin, Monika Edith Schulz and Julia Davydova (eds.), pp. 289–304 | Article
This paper reviews research on cross-linguistic transfer in order to highlight its relevance for current educational policies relating to language teaching and the development of plurilingualism. The review focuses three controversial issues: (a) bilingual education, (b) language use at home among… read more
2008 Foreword Multilingualism and Minority Languages: Achievements and challenges in education, Cenoz, Jasone and Durk Gorter (eds.), pp. 1–3 | Article
1991 The Politics of Paranoia: Reflections on the Bilingual Education Debate Focus on Bilingual Education: Essays in honor of Joshua A. Fishman, García, Ofelia (ed.), pp. 183–202 | Article