Voices of Authority
Subtitle: Education and Linguistic Difference (Contemporary Studies in Linguistics and Education)
Contributors: Monica Heller (Editor); Marilyn Martin-Jones (Editor)
Publisher: Ablex Publishing
Published: February 28, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9781567505306
Subjects: Bilingualism & multilingualism; Philosophy of education; Sociolinguistics; Language and education; Education; Education / Teaching; Business/Economics; Multilingualism; Bilingual Education; Education / General; General
First sentence: Like other oppressed and marginalized language minorities around the world, Zulu-speaking students in South Africa and Quechua-speak-ing students in Peru have long experienced schooling through the medium of a language not their own.