Download or read book Power Prestige and Bilingualism written by Anne-Marie De Mejía and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes a particular type of educational provision referred to as 'elite' or 'prestigious' bilingual education, which caters mainly for upwardly mobile, highly educated, higher socio-economic status learners of two or more internationally useful languages. The development of different types of elite bilingual or multilingual educational provision is discussed and an argument is made for the need to study bilingual education in majority as well as in minority contexts.
Download or read book Bilingual Education in South America written by Anne-Marie De Mejía and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2005 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a vision of bilingual education in six South American nations: three Andean countries, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, and three 'Southern Cone' countries, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. It provides an integrated perspective, including work carried out in majority as well as minority language contexts, referring to developments in the fields of indigeneous, Deaf, and international bilingual and multilingual provision.
Download or read book Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism written by Colin Baker and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written as an introductory text from a crossdisciplinary perspective, this book covers individual and societal concepts in minority and majority languages.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education written by Colin Baker and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 1998 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia is divided into three sections: individual bilingualism; bilingualism in society and bilingual education. It includes many pictures, graphs, maps and diagrams. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography on bilingualism.
Download or read book Bilinguality and Bilingualism written by Josiane F. Hamers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-02-17 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated and revised edition of Hamers and Blanc's successful textbook presents state-of-the-art knowledge about languages in contact from individual bilingualism (or bilinguality) to societal bilingualism. It is both multi- and interdisciplinary in approach, and analyses bilingualism at individual, interpersonal, and societal levels. Linguistic, cognitive and sociocultural aspects of bilingual development are explored, as are problems such as bilingual memory and polyglot aphasia. Hamers and Blanc analyse the relationship between culture, identity, and language behaviour in multicultural settings, as well as the communication strategies in interpersonal and intergroup relations. They also propose theoretical models of language processing and development, which are then applied to bilingual behaviour. Other topics reviewed include language shift, pidgins and creoles, language planning and bilingual education. This book will be invaluable to students, teachers and scholars interested in languages in contact in a range of disciplines including psycholinguistics, linguistics, the social sciences, education and language planning.
Download or read book Language Rights and the Law in the United States written by Sandra Del Valle and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive review of the legal status of minority languages in the USA. It also provides the historical and political context for the legal manoeuvring that culminated in landmark civil rights victories. All of the major cases in the USA concerning language rights are discussed in detail and in a manner that should be easily accessible to the non-legal audience. The topics range from the English-only movement to consumer law, and from employment discrimination to international law.
Download or read book Bilingualism A Social Approach written by M. Heller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arguing against a common sense view of bilingualism as the co-existence of two linguistic systems, this volume develops a critical perspective which approaches bilingualism as a wide variety of sets of sociolinguistic practices connected to the construction of social difference and of social inequality under specific historical conditions.
Download or read book Bilingualism and Testing written by Guadalupe Valdés and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1994 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is directly concerned with the reasons underlying bilingual children's poor performance on standardized tests. It is the authors' contention that without an understanding of the nature of bilingualism itself, the problems encountered by bilingual individuals on such tests will continue. The volume's primary purpose is to contribute to the development of a research, knowledge, and theoretical base which can support the testing of bilingual individuals. By reviewing and discussing both the nature of bilingualism and the nature of standardized testing and by presenting a detailed agenda of the questions that must be answered the authors hope to influence existing and future policies which govern the use of tests and test results. This area is of increasing importance to American education and the policy implications are evident.
Download or read book Bilingualism in International Schools written by Maurice Carder and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2007-01-10 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Schools have developed since their inception from a largely native English-speaking student body to schools such as the author’s, the Vienna International School (VIS), where there are students of 90 nationalities with 65 mother tongues. Maurice Carder proposes a “three-programme model” for addressing the language and curricula needs of these students: a content-based second language programme; a programme of cultural and linguistic training for all staff; and a mother tongue programme for minority students. The model is based on research findings and practice: at the VIS every year approximately 1/3 of the graduating students gain an IB Diploma (International Baccalaureate) because they are able to take their mother tongue (other than English or German) as Language A1. The book contains insightful chapters not only for school leaders, programme designers and teachers, but also for parents. Inserted boxes of student responses give an authentic voice to the needs of second language learners, and many useful resources and websites are given.
Download or read book Language Culture and Power written by Lourdes Diaz Soto and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides insights into the impact that eliminating bilingual education programs has on the lives of families and communities. Persuasively argues that linguistic repression is an unwise language policy for a democratic nation.
Download or read book Literacy and the Bilingual Learner written by Catherine Wallace and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literacy and the Bilingual Learner explores the literacy development of bilingual learners in London (UK) schools and colleges through a series of vignettes and case studies of learners and their educational experiences.
Download or read book Language Space and Power written by Samina Hadi-Tabassum and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language, Space, and Power describes the sociolinguistic and sociocultural life of a Spanish-English dual language classroom in which attention is given to not only the language learning processes at hand but also to how race, ethnicity, and gender dynamics interact within the language acquisition process.
Download or read book Second Language Students in English Medium Classrooms written by Coreen Sears and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2015 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide is for all teachers, administrators and parents of children in international schools with students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds. It includes references to the latest uses of embedded technology and many exemplary strategies and resources that are becoming customary usage in international schools.
Download or read book Teaching About Dialect Variations and Language in Secondary English Classrooms written by Michelle D. Devereaux and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standardized tests demand Standard English, but secondary students (grades 6-12) come to school speaking a variety of dialects and languages, thus creating a conflict between students’ language of nurture and the expectations of school. The purpose of this text is twofold: to explain and illustrate how language varieties function in the classroom and in students’ lives and to detail linguistically informed instructional strategies. Through anecdotes from the classroom, lesson plans, and accessible narrative, it introduces theory and clearly builds the bridge to daily classroom practices that respect students’ language varieties and use those varieties as strengths upon which secondary English teachers can build. The book explains how to teach about language variations and ideologies in the classroom; uses typically taught texts as models for exploring how power, society, and identity interact with language, literature, and students’ lives; connects the Common Core State Standards to the concepts presented; and offers strategies to teach the sense and structure of Standard English and other language variations, so that all students may add Standard English to their linguistic toolboxes.
Download or read book Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism written by Colin Baker and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2011 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written as an introductory text from a crossdisciplinary perspective, this book covers individual and societal concepts in minority and majority languages.
Download or read book Global Perspectives on Language Education Policies written by JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting research on language policy and planning, with a special focus on educational contexts in which English plays a role, this book brings readers up-to-date on the latest developments in research, theory, and practice in a rapidly changing field. The diversity of authors, research settings, and related topics offers a sample of empirical studies across multiple language teaching and university contexts. The fifth volume in the Global Research on Teaching and Learning English series, it features access to both new and previously unpublished research in chapters written by TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant awardees and invited chapters by respected scholars in the field.
Download or read book Bilingual and Multilingual Education in the 21st Century written by Christian Abello-Contesse and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bilingual education is one of the fastest growing disciplines within applied linguistics. This book includes the work of 20 specialists working in various educational contexts across Europe, Latin America and North America to create a volume which is both comprehensive in scope and multidimensional in its coverage of current bilingual initiatives. The central themes of this volume, which draws on past experiences of bilingual education, include issues in language use in classrooms at elementary, secondary and tertiary levels; participant perspectives on bilingual education experiences; and the language needs of bi- and multilingual students in monolingual schools. This collection will be of interest to teachers and administrators in bi- and multilingual education programs, as well as scholars working in the field of language education.
