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Language diversity in the classroom
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Title
Language diversity in the classroom / John Edwards.
ISBN
9781847692269 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1847692265 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781847692252 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1847692257 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781847692276 (ebook)
1847692273 (ebook)
Published
Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2010.
Physical Description
vii, 338 p. ; 22 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 02, 2010
Series
Bilingual education & bilingualism
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-334) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Discourse analysis and its discontents
Disadvantage : a brief overview
Disadvantage : the genetic case
Disadvantage : the environmental case
The language debate
The persistence of linguistic deficit
Evaluative reactions to the language of disadvantage
Black English as Ebonics
'Foreign' languages in the classroom
Multiculturalism and multicultural education
Bilingualism : a very brief overview
Bilingual education
A concluding statement.
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