Critical questions, critical perspectives
Subtitle: language and the second language educator
By: by Timothy Reagan.
Series: Language studies in education
Publisher: IAP--Information Age Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Greenwich, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Language and languages -- Study and teaching; Second language acquisition; Linguistic minorities; Education, Bilingual; Multicultural education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-145).
Table of contents: title: Does language really exist? An introduction to critical language study; title: What does it mean to know a language? Epistemological reflections on language education; title: Why study a second/foreign language? Articulating alternative justifications for language study; title: Who decides which language? Power and language rights in education; title: Why can't I take Russian at school? Commonly and less commonly taught languages; title: Language learning and feelings of disgust? The case of Esperanto; title: Where have all the languages gone? Language endangerment and language death.