Definición
Multilingual education refers to the use of two or more languages as mediums of instruction (UNESCO, 2003:17).
UNESCO. 2003. Education in a multilingual world: UNESCO education position paper. Paris: UNESCO.
Ejemplo de uso
Bilingual and multilingual education can have significant benefits for improving education quality and reducing repetition and dropout, but key implementation challenges remain: countries must ensure that there are enough trained teachers proficient in the learners’ mother tongue and that learning resources in various languages are widely available (UNESCO, 2008: 133).
UNESCO. 2008. Education for All by 2015: will we make it? EFA global monitoring report, 2008. Paris: UNESCO.