| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 316 pages) |
| Contents |
Part I: Language policy in education. 1. Critical issues in language policy in education / James W. Tollefson -- 2. Language policy in a time of crisis and transformation / James W. Tollefson -- 3. Multiple actors and arenas in evolving language policies / Mary McGroarty -- Part II: Competing agendas. 4. A brief history and assessment of language rights in the United States / Terrence G. Wiley -- 5. Righting language wrongs in a plurilingual context: language policy and practice in Nicaragua' s Caribbean coast region / Jane Freeland -- 6. Positioning the language policy arbiter: governmentality and footing in the School District of Philadelphia / David Cassels Johnson -- Part III: Indigenous languages in postcolonial education. 7. Language and education in Kenya: between the colonial legacy and the new constitutional order / Alamin Mazrui -- 8. Language-in-education policy and planning in Africa' s monolingual kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland / Nkonko M. Kamwangamalu -- Part IV: Language and global capitalism. 9. The Japanisation of English language education: promotion of the national language within foreign language policy / Kayoko Hashimoto -- 10. India's economic restructuring with English: benefits versus costs / E. Annamalai -- Part V: Language and social conflict. 11. Rwanda switches to English: conflict, identity, and language-in-education policy / Beth Lewis Samuelson -- 12. The critical villager revisited : continuing transformations of language and education in Solomon Islands / David Welchman Gegeo and Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo -- Part VI. Language policy and social change. 13. Language planning and cultural continuance in Native America / Teresa L. McCarty -- 14. New functional domains of Quechua and Aymara: mass media and social media / Serafín M. Coronel-Molina -- 15. Language policy and democratic pluralism / James W. Tollefson |
| Summary |
"This new edition of takes a fresh look at enduring questions at the heart of fundamental debates about the role of schools in society, the links between education and employment, and conflicts between linguistic minorities and "mainstream" populations"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Language and education.
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Language policy.
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Language planning.
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General.
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EDUCATION -- Comparative.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- English as a Second Language.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
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Language and education
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Language planning
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Language policy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tollefson, James W.
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| ISBN |
9780203813119 |
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0203813111 |
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9781136697708 |
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1136697705 |
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