Language diversity in the classroom
By: John Edwards.
Series: Bilingual education & bilingualism
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Buffalo
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781847692269; 9781847692252; 9781847692276
Subjects: Education, Bilingual -- United States; Languages in contact -- United States; Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States; English language -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Foreign speakers; Teaching -- Social aspects -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references 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.