This timely and engaging collection of comparative explorations of multilingualism as manifested in educational policy, curricular reform and praxis represents a compelling and important contribution to the literature on multilingualism. It is indispensable reading for all those who seek to understand the complexity of multilingualism across a wide range of contexts. * Diane J. Tedick, Professor Emeritus, University of Minnesota, USA * A remarkable and innovative volume that addresses multilingualism from a cross-disciplinary and cross-context perspective. By comparing and contrasting geographically different educational settings, this timely book provides a much-needed resource for policy stakeholders and researchers to understand the various aspects of multilingualism and linguistic diversity in broader educational domains, from language policy to language programmes and from classroom practices to individual identity. * Xiao Lan Curdt-Christiansen, University of Bath, UK * This timely volume reveals important similarities and differences of multilingualism in a wide-ranging set of case studies. Its systematic comparative approach shows the benefits of exploring multilingualism across contexts. The book provides an invaluable resource for educators, policymakers, and researchers interested in the study of multilingualism and education. * Durk Gorter, University of the Basque Country; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Spain * [ This book] adds a crucial, multidisciplinary, and cross-contextual perspective to the study of multilingualism in educational settings. The empirically-based contributions present novel, comparative case studies of educational planning and practices in diverse multilingual settings. The international collaborations among chapter contributors that span a wide range of educational contexts are a unique feature of the volume. Taken together,
the collection adds to our understanding of the facets of multilingualism through an examination of educational policies, pedagogical practices, and teacher and student identities and their conformity across contexts and divergence within contexts. This collaborative work, available as open access, is a very welcome contribution
to the study of multilingualism and education. * Anna Krulatz and Georgios Neokleous, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway, ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2025 * This publication is a treasure, for researchers, teacher educators and student teachers [ ...] With intriguing comparisons across contexts, the volume is educational. It could be one of those pieces of literature that lasts from the first course in ITE to the final degree project * Ylva Sandberg, Language Policy 22 2023 *
