| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 193 pages) : illustrations |
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Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 69 |
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Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 69.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Making sense of Census 2000 -- Monolingual and proud of it -- Heritage languages in America : tapping a 'hidden' resource -- Plus ça change -- Concern or intolerance : what's driving the anti-bilingual campaign? -- The bilingual education story : why can't the news media get it right? -- Ten common fallacies about bilingual education -- Agenda for inaction -- 'Accountability' vs. science in the bilingual education debate -- Hard sell : why is bilingual education so unpopular with the American public? -- Has two-way been oversold? -- Surviving the English-only assault : public attitudes and the future of language education -- Official English legislation : bad for civil rights, bad for America's interests, and even bad for English -- The Bilingual Education Act, 1968-2002 : an obituary -- No child left behind : misguided approach to school accountability for English language learners -- A diminished vision of civil rights -- The decline of bilingual education in the USA : how to reverse a troubling trend? -- Loose ends in a tattered fabric : the inconsistency of language rights in the USA |
| Summary |
A collection of 18 essays addressing the policy and politics of educating English language learners. It includes subjects such as demographic change and its educational implications, American responses to language diversity, public controversies over bilingual education, and high-stakes testing and its impact on English language learners |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Education, Bilingual -- United States
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
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Education -- Political aspects -- United States
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LANGUAGE TEACHING & LEARNING (OTHER THAN ELT)
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Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- English as a Second Language.
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Enseignement des langues.
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Langues étrangères.
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Education.
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Education, Bilingual
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Education -- Political aspects
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
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Etats-Unis d'Amérique.
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781847690746 |
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1847690742 |
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6611878505 |
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9786611878504 |
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