Commentary
Emerging trends in multilingual learning and teachingBeyond edges and borders

Larissa Aronin & Susan Coetzee-Van Rooy
Oranim Academic College of Education | North-West University
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Multilingualism as a social practice and an area of enquiry continues to thrive. As new ways of living through the multilingual condition appear, new ideas on how to improve the education of multilinguals and multilingual education emerge. They get formulated theoretically and piloted in practice through curricula, literacy practices and various other projects. The ideas for multilingual learning and teaching are often (and understandably so) parallel with the general global trends of human life.

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