Language in education
Subtitle: social implications
By: Edited by Rita Elaine Silver and Soe Marlar Lwin
Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Semiotics
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9781441151940; 9781441151810; 9781441150776; 9781441194121
Subjects: Language and education; Language and languages; Study and teaching; Language policy; Interdisciplinary approach in education; Education; Social aspects; Sociolinguistics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is the role of language in education?; title: What is the structure of language?; title: How do we use language to make meaning?; title: Why is there variation within a language?; title: How do children learn language?; title: How do speaking and writing support each other?; title: How is language used for learning?; title: How do people use different languages differently?; title: How does policy influence language in education?.