Table Of ContentNew ICMI Study Series
Richard Barwell · Philip Clarkson
Anjum Halai · Mercy Kazima
Judit Moschkovich · Núria Planas
Mamokgethi Setati-Phakeng
Paola Valero
Martha Villavicencio Ubillús Editors
Mathematics
Education and
Language Diversity
The 21st ICMI Study
New ICMI Study Series
VOLUME
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Richard Barwell (cid:129) Philip Clarkson
Anjum Halai (cid:129) Mercy Kazima
Judit Moschkovich (cid:129) Núria Planas
Mamokgethi Setati Phakeng (cid:129) Paola Valero
Martha Villavicencio Ubillús
Editors
Mathematics Education
and Language Diversity
The 21st ICMI Study
Editors
Richard Barwell Philip Clarkson
Faculty of Education Australian Catholic University
University of Ottawa Fitzroy , VIC , Australia
Ottawa , ON , Canada
Mercy Kazima
Anjum Halai University of Malawi
Institute for Educational Development Zomba, Malawi
East Africa
Aga Khan University Núria Planas
Dar es Salaam , Tanzania Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Barcelona , Catalonia-Spain
Judit Moschkovich
University of South Africa
University of California, Santa Cruz
Pretoria , South Africa
Santa Cruz , CA , USA
Paola Valero
Mamokgethi Setati Phakeng
Aalborg University
University of South Africa
Aalborg , Denmark
Pretoria , South Africa
Martha Villavicencio Ubillús
Ministerio de Educación
Lima , Peru
ISSN 1387-6872 ISSN 2215-1745 (electronic)
New ICMI Study Series
ISBN 978-3-319-14510-5 ISBN 978-3-319-14511-2 (eBook)
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14511-2
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Acknowledgments
The editors are grateful to the following colleagues who reviewed chapters: Cris
Edmonds-Wathen, Anthony Essien, Susan Gerofsky, Mercy Kazima, Michael
Meyer, Frank Monaghan, Candia Morgan, David Pimm, Ricardo Scucuglia, Denisse
Thompson, David Wagner, and Lynn Webb.
Richard Barwell thanks the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, for
fi nancial support and Farzaneh Salehi for editorial assistance during the preparation
of the manuscript.
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Contents
1 Introduction: An ICMI Study on Language Diversity
in Mathematics Education ..................................................................... 1
Richard Barwell , Philip Clarkson , Anjum Halai , Mercy Kazima ,
Judit Moschkovich , Núria Planas , Mamokgethi Setati Phakeng ,
Paola Valero , and Martha Villavicencio Ubillús
2 Impact of Differing Grammatical Structures in Mathematics
Teaching and Learning ........................................................................... 23
Cris Edmonds-Wathen , Tony Trinick , and Viviane Durand-Guerrier
3 Making Use of Multiple (Non-shared) First Languages:
State of and Need for Research and Development
in the European Language Context ....................................................... 47
Michael Meyer , Susanne Prediger, Margarida César, and Eva Norén
4 Mathematics Education in Multilingual Contexts
for the Indigenous Population in Latin America ................................. 67
Aldo Parra , Jackeline Rodrigues Mendes , Paola Valero ,
and Martha Villavicencio Ubillús
5 Challenges and Opportunities for Second Language
Learners in Undergraduate Mathematics ............................................ 85
Viviane Durand-Guerrier , Mercy Kazima , Paul Libbrecht ,
Judith Njomgang Ngansop , Leila Salekhova , Nail Tuktamyshov ,
and Carl Winsløw
6 Language Diversity in Mathematics Teacher Education:
Challenges Across Three Countries ...................................................... 103
Anthony A. Essien , Nancy Chitera , and Núria Planas
7 Addressing Multi-language Diversity in Mathematics
Teacher Education Programs ................................................................. 121
Denisse R. Thompson , Gladis Kersaint , Hannatjie Vorster ,
Lyn Webb , and Marthie S. Van der Walt
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8 Mathematics in the Hands of Deaf Learners
and Blind Learners: Visual–Gestural–Somatic Means
of Doing and Expressing Mathematics.................................................. 141
Lulu Healy , Elizabeth Becerra Ramos ,
Solange Hassan Ahmad Ali Fernandes ,
and Jurema Lindote Botelho Peixoto
9 Student Agency and Counter-Narratives in Diverse Multilingual
Mathematics Classrooms: Challenging Deficit Perspectives .............. 163
Jennifer M. Langer-Osuna , Judit Moschkovich , Eva Norén ,
Arthur B. Powell , and Sumaia Vazquez
10 Tensions in Teaching Mathematics in Contexts
of Language Diversity ............................................................................. 175
Richard Barwell , Lim Chapsam , Thulisile Nkambule ,
and Mamokgethi Setati Phakeng
11 Purposefully Relating Multilingual Registers:
Building Theory and Teaching Strategies for Bilingual
Learners Based on an Integration of Three Traditions ....................... 193
Susanne Prediger , Philip Clarkson , and Arindam Bose
12 Using ICTs to Facilitate Multilingual Mathematics
Teaching and Learning ........................................................................... 217
Paul Libbrecht and L eila Goosen
13 Language Diversity and New Media: Issues of Multimodality
and Performance ..................................................................................... 237
George Gadanidis , Marcelo Borba , and Ricardo Scucuglia
14 Language Diversity in Research on Language Diversity
in Mathematics Education ..................................................................... 263
Faïza Chellougui , Hien Nguyen Thi Thu , and Carl Winsløw
15 Research Rationalities and the Construction
of the Deficient Multilingual Mathematics Learner ............................ 279
Anjum Halai , Irfan Muzaffar , and Paola Valero
ICMI Study 21 Discussion Document:
Mathematics Education and Language Diversity ........................................ 297
Index ................................................................................................................. 309
Contributors
Richard Barwell Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa , Ottawa , ON , Canada
Marcelo Borba Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) , Sao Jose Rio Preto ,
SP , Brazil
Arindam Bose Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, TIFR , Mumbai , India
Margarida César Associated Researcher , University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel ,
Switzerland
Lim Chapsam Universiti Sains Malaysia , Penang , Malaysia
Faïza Chellougui Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte , Bizerte , Tunisia
Nancy Chitera University of Malawi , Blantyre , Malawi
Philip Clarkson Australian Catholic University , Fitzroy , VIC , Australia
Viviane Durand-Guerrier University of Montpellier , Montpellier , France
Cris Edmonds-Wathen Charles Darwin University , Darwin , NT , Australia
Anthony A. Essien University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg , South Africa
Solange Hassan Ahmad Ali Fernandes Anhanguera University of São Paulo,
São Paulo , SP , Brazil
George Gadanidis Faculty of Education , University of Western Ontario , London ,
ON , Canada
Leila Goosen University of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Anjum Halai Institute for Educational Development, East Africa , Aga Khan
University , Dar es Salaam , Tanzania
Lulu Healy Anhanguera University of São Paulo, São Paulo , SP , Brazil
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