Examines the perceptions of European teenagers living in Europe regarding that continent. The study focuses on their declared knowledge sources, attitudes towards a European identity and second language learning and future aspirations. The article discusses the role of schools, the media, and the home environment in shaping the perceptions of…

Focuses on the roles, relationships, and talk of two kinds of teachers--language specialists and subject specialists--in multilingual and multicultural mainstream English secondary school classrooms. An analysis is undertaken of how the teachers are differently constructed through their discursive, pedagogic classroom practices. (Author/VWL)

This paper explores the nature of multilingualism in an English-language international school environment through observations and interviews with students of Yamato College in Japan. It examines the institutional conflicts that result when pupil-generated multiculturalism is constrained within an ideologically narrow educational framework. (41…