Language Diversity in the Classroom.
Title:
Language Diversity in the Classroom.
Author:
Edwards, John.
ISBN:
9781847692276
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (346 pages)
Series:
Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, No. 75 ; v.No. 75
Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, No. 75
Contents:
Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Discourse Analysis and its Discontents -- Chapter 3 Disadvantage: A Brief Overview -- Chapter 4 Disadvantage: The Genetic Case -- Chapter 5 Disadvantage: The Environmental Case -- Chapter 6 The Language Debate -- Chapter 7 The Persistence of Linguistic Deficit -- Chapter 8 Evaluative Reactions to the Language of Disadvantage -- Chapter 9 Black English as Ebonics -- Chapter 10 'Foreign' Languages in the Classroom -- Chapter 11 Multiculturalism and Multicultural Education -- Chapter 12 Bilingualism: A Very Brief Overview -- Chapter 13 Bilingual Education -- Chapter 14 A Concluding Statement -- References -- Index.
Abstract:
Provides comprehensive coverage of language contact in classroom settings. This work presents an analysis of the sources and implications of social disadvantage, since the nonstandard dialects that children bring with them to school - and the unfavourable perceptions of these dialects - have traditionally given rise to educational difficulties.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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