Language diversity in the classroom /
Edwards, John,1947 December 12-
Bristol : Multilingual Matters,
c2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Education, Bilingual
Languages in contact
Children with social disabilities
English language
Teaching