Primary School Bilingual Education

Abstract

In this chapter, primary bilingual education is used to refer to formal schooling. The chapter provides an overview of the main research trends on bi/multilingual education at the primary (elementary) school level over the past 30 years within a framework of three principles that constitute the foundation of educational equity: affirming identities, additive bi/multilingualism, and structuring for integration. The chapter provides recommendations for further research and practice needed to strive for educational excellence for bilingual learners. The struggle for primary school bi/multilingual education may always be a “standard procedure” in educational policy, especially where minority language speakers are concerned. The framework of the principles presented here is one route to achieve fair and good schooling for bilingual/multilingual learners within bi/multilingual programs as well as in schools that do not use the students’ mother tongues as the language of instruction.

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