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.
Provides comprehensive coverage of language contact in classroom settings. This work presents an analysis of the sources and implications of social disadvantage, since the nonstandard dialects that children bring with them to school - and the unfavourable perceptions of these di…
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.
Educators everywhere confront critical issues related to families, schooling, and teaching in diverse settings. Addressing this reality, this book shows pre-service and practicing teachers how to recognize and build on the resources for enhancing school learning that exist withi…