Language diversity in the classroom
By: John Edwards
Series: Bilingual education & bilingualism
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bristol; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
ISBN-13: 9781847692269; 9781847692252; 9781847692276
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-334) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Discourse analysis and its discontents; title: Disadvantage : a brief overview; title: Disadvantage : the genetic case; title: Disadvantage : the environmental case; title: The language debate; title: The persistence of linguistic deficit; title: Evaluative reactions to the language of disadvantage; title: Black English as Ebonics; title: 'Foreign' languages in the classroom; title: Multiculturalism and multicultural education; title: Bilingualism : a very brief overview; title: Bilingual education; title: A concluding statement.