Language Diversity in the Classroom / / John Edwards.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Edwards, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (312 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. Discourse Analysis and its Discontents --; Chapter 3. Disadvantage: A Brief Overview --; Chapter 4. Disadvantage: The Genetic Case --; Chapter 5. Disadvantage: The Environmental Case --; Chapter 6. The Language Debate --; Chapter 7. The Persistence of Linguistic Deficit --; Chapter 8. Evaluative Reactions to the Language of Disadvantage --; Chapter 9. Black English as Ebonics --; Chapter 10. ‘Foreign’ Languages in the Classroom --; Chapter 11. Multiculturalism and Multicultural Education --; Chapter 12. Bilingualism: A Very Brief Overview --; Chapter 13. Bilingual Education --; Chapter 14. A Concluding Statement --; References --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781847692276; 9783111024738; 9783110663136; 9783110606713
• DOI: 10.21832/9781847692276
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John Edwards.

This book provides comprehensive coverage of language contact in classroom settings. A thorough analysis of the sources and implications of social “disadvantage” is presented first, since the nonstandard dialects that children bring with them to school – and the unfavourable perceptions of these dialects – have traditionally given rise to educational difficulties. The persistence of these perceptions is particularly highlighted. More general issues surrounding the range and implications of language attitudes are dealt with, as is the important “test case” of Black English. The book also discusses foreign-language teaching and learning, as well as the assumptions and intentions underpinning bilingual and multicultural education. Given its breadth and its style, this book should be of interest and value to all teachers, as well as to students and researchers concerned with any aspect of the social life of language.