Siv Björklund is Professor of Swedish Immersion and Multilingualism at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Her research interests include language immersion and multilingual education and she serves as a board member of the Journal of Immersion and Content-Based Language Education.

Mikaela Björklund is City Manager of Närpes and a researcher at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Her research focuses on multilingualism and multiculturalism in education in the Nordic countries, as well as CLIL, linguistic schoolscapes and Dominant Language Constellations.

Contributors

Introduction: Siv Björklund and Mikaela Björklund

Chapter 1. Jim Cummins and Jarmo Lainio: A Comparison of Swedish and Canadian Educational Policies and Instructional Practices: The Case of Multilingual Language Learners

Chapter 2. Kamil Øzerk and Colin H. Williams: National Curriculum Reforms and Their Impact on Indigenous and Minority Languages: The Sami in Norway and Welsh in Wales in Comparative Perspective

Chapter 3. Anna Slotte, Janus Spindler Møller and Tuuli From: Languaging and Language Policies among Multilingual Children and Youth Groups in Finland and Denmark

Chapter 4. Júlia Llompart, TjaSa Draznik and Mari Bergroth: 'I am a Plurilingual Speaker, but Can I Teach Plurilingual Speakers?' Contradictions in Student Teacher Discourses on Plurilingualism in Spain, Slovenia and Finland     

Chapter 5. Sviatlana Karpava, Mikaela Björklund and Siv Björklund: In Search of DLCs among Multilingual Young Adults in Cyprus and Finland. The Influence of Multiple Language Use and Practices on Linguistic Identity and Trajectories as Future Teachers

Chapter 6. Agnieszka Otwinowska, Mari Bergroth and Eve Zyzik: Supporting Multilingual Learning in Educational Contexts: Lessons from Poland, Finland and California

Chapter 7. Lorenzo Zanasi, Karita Mård-Miettinen and Verena Platzgummer: Researching Adolescents' Linguistic Repertoires in Multilingual Areas: Case Studies from South Tyrol and Finland

Colin H. Williams: Creating Synergies in Comparative Multilingualism: An Epilogue