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Author Heller, Monica

Title Crosswords : language, education, and ethnicity in French Ontario / by Monica Heller
Published Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (262 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]
Contributions to the Sociology of Language CSL
Contents Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Difference and dominance: Language, ethnicity and education -- 1.0. Introduction: Language, ethnicity and power in Canada -- 1.1. Franco-Ontarian education and problems of difference and dominance -- 1.2. Minority language education -- 1.3. Outline of the book -- 1.4. Sources of data -- Chapter 2: The French in Canada: A historical overview -- 2.0. French ethnicity: Stratification, assimilation and mobilization -- 2.1. Colonization and la Nouvelle France (1534�1763)
2.2. Conquest to Confederation (1763�1867)2.3. Internal migration (1867�1960) -- 2.4. Ethnic stratification and patterns of bilingualism -- 2.5. The ethnic mobilization of the 1960s -- 2.6. The French-language minority in Ontario -- 2.7. Franco-Ontarians in the 1990s -- Chapter 3: Language in the ideology and politics of ethnic mobilization -- 3.0. The contested terrain of language -- 3.1. French and English as linguistic capital -- 3.2. French and English as ethnic emblems -- 3.3. Consequences of mobilization: Blurred boundaries and new hierarchies
Chapter 4: The school system as border patrol4.0. The school as ethnic institution -- 4.1. La gestion: Who sets the rules of the game? -- 4.2. Les non parlants and le multiculturalisme: Who is allowed to play? -- 4.3. Power and subordination: The limits of current strategies -- Chapter 5: Brokers and boundaries: French-language minority schools in Toronto -- 5.0. The Franco-Ontarian population and the French-language schools of Toronto -- 5.1. The schools: Ideology and practice of French-language education
5.2. The parents: Competing interests in the struggle for bilingualism5.3. The students: Language choice and social boundaries -- 5.4. Brokers and boundaries -- Chapter 6: Projet “Coopération et découverte� -- 6.0. From ethnography to action-research -- 6.1. The development of a teaching approach -- 6.2. Projet “Cooperation et decouverte� in the classroom -- 6.3. The limits of pedagogical interventions -- Chapter 7: Franco-Ontarian education and the possibilities for pluralism -- 7.0. Power, boundaries and the distribution of resources
7.1. Language practices and the contradictions of Franco-Ontarian education7.2. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- List of Abbreviations -- Subject Index -- Author Index
Notes "Mouton select"--Cover
"The original hardcover edition was published as volume 66 of the series, Contributions to the sociology of language"--T.pages verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and indexes
Notes In English
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Subject French language -- Social aspects -- Ontario
French-Canadians -- Ontario -- Language
Language and education -- Ontario
Language and culture -- Ontario
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
Ethnic relations
French-Canadians -- Language
French language -- Social aspects
Language and culture
Language and education
SUBJECT Ontario -- Ethnic relations
Subject Ontario
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783110885941
3110885948
3110176874
9783110176872