Language matters
Subtitle: reflections on educational linguistics
By: Timothy Reagan.
Series: Contemporary language education
Publisher: IAP - Information Age Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charlotte, NC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781607520603; 9781607520610
Subjects: Language and education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. The Reality of Language: Positivism and the Objectification of Language; title: 2. The Legitimacy of Language: A Critique of Linguistic Legitimacy; title: 3. The Learning of Language: Epistemology and Metaphorical Models for Language Learning; title: 4. The Teaching of Language: The Case of Foreign Language Education in the United States; title: 5. Paideia Redux: The Case for the Classical Languages in U.S. Schools; title: 6. The Challenge of Language Minorities: Linguistic Diversity and the School; title: 7. The Construction of Language: Interlinguistics and the Case of Esperanto as an International Auxiliary Language; title: 8. Language Planning and Language Policy: National and International Perspectives; title: 9. Language Matters: Some Concluding Thoughts.