Language diversity in the classroom

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This work provides comprehensive coverage of language contact in classroom settings. Particularly highlighted are the range and implications of attitudes towards languages and dialects, with close attention to nonstandard varieties.

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Full title :Language diversity in the classroom / John Edwards.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2010.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Multilingual Matters
Place of Publication:Bristol
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2010.

The Physical Object

Description:vii, 338 pages ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781847692269, 1847692265, 9781847692252, 1847692257, 9781847692276, 1847692273
oclc:ocn435710900
LC Classification:LC3731
Dewey Decimal:370.117/50973

Introduction -- Discourse analysis and its discontents -- Disadvantage : a brief overview -- Disadvantage : the genetic case -- Disadvantage : the environmental case -- The language debate -- The persistence of linguistic deficit -- Evaluative reactions to the language of disadvantage -- Black English as Ebonics -- 'Foreign' languages in the classroom -- Multiculturalism and multicultural education -- Bilingualism : a very brief overview -- Bilingual education -- A concluding statement.

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Anglais (Langue) -- Étude et enseigneme… Children with social disabilities -- Ed… Children with social disabilities -- Ed… Education, Bilingual Education, Bilingual -- United States Enfants socialement défavorisés -- Éduc… English language -- Study and teaching English language -- Study and teaching.… Languages in contact Languages in contact -- United States Langues en contact -- États-Unis Teaching -- Social aspects Teaching -- Social aspects -- United St… United States