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Advances and Current Trends in Language Teacher Identity Research (Paperback): Yin Ling Cheung, Selim Ben Said, Kwanghyun Park Advances and Current Trends in Language Teacher Identity Research (Paperback)
Yin Ling Cheung, Selim Ben Said, Kwanghyun Park
R1,366 Discovery Miles 13 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents the latest research on understanding language teacher identity and development for both novice and experienced researchers and educators, and introduces non-experts in language teacher education to key topics in teacher identity research. It covers a wide range of backgrounds, themes, and subjects pertaining to language teacher identity and development. Some of these include the effects of apprenticeship in doctoral training on novice teacher identity; the impacts of mid-career redundancy on the professional identities of teachers; challenges faced by teachers in the construction of their professional identities; the emerging professional identity of pre-service teachers; teacher identity development of beginning teachers; the role of emotions in the professional identities of non-native English speaking teachers; the negotiation of professional identities by female academics. Advances and Current Trends in Language Teacher Identity Research will appeal to academics in ELT/TESOL/applied linguistics. It will also be useful to those who are non-experts in language teacher education, yet still need to know about theories and recent advances in the area due to varying reasons including their affiliation to a teacher training institute; needs to participate in projects on language teacher education; and teaching a course for pre-service and in-service language teachers.

Tongue Shakers - Interviews and Narratives on Speaking Mother Tongue in a Multicultural Society (Paperback): Margie Shaheed Tongue Shakers - Interviews and Narratives on Speaking Mother Tongue in a Multicultural Society (Paperback)
Margie Shaheed
R862 Discovery Miles 8 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Tongue Shakers provides an inside look into the state of speaking mother tongue in America's multicultural society. Through a series of interviews and first person narratives in the voices of city dwellers who are immigrants, Americans born into immigrant families, and African Americans, the book uncovers the personal challenges faced by those learning a new language and celebrates their triumphs. In Tongue Shakers, spoken language, a subject that binds us all, takes on different meanings as we strive to communicate organically with one another. It is the Ukrainian healthcare professional who works as a translator between doctors and patients. It is the Ethiopian business executive mom who speaks and writes fluent English at her job but who works just as hard keeping her mother tongue alive in her home. It is the little Chinese boy who struggles to learn English so that he can make friends with other children in his new American school. It is the African American who must carefully pick and choose when it is best to speak Black English. It is the Hispanic family who retains their mother tongue while being just as fluent in English.

Building Communities of Learners - A Collaboration Among Teachers, Students, Families, and Community (Hardcover): Sudia Paloma... Building Communities of Learners - A Collaboration Among Teachers, Students, Families, and Community (Hardcover)
Sudia Paloma McCaleb
R4,078 Discovery Miles 40 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This popular text shows how teachers can create partnerships with parents and students that facilitate participation in the schools while also validating home culture and family concerns and aspirations. It reflects current research and theory in several areas related to literacy development, including family literacy, bilingual and multicultural education, critical pedagogy, participatory research, cooperative learning, and feminist perspectives. Teachers of students who are immigrants, non-native speakers of English, and members of marginalized groups will find this book especially pertinent.

Social Justice through Multilingual Education (Paperback): Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Robert Phillipson, Ajit K. Mohanty, Minati... Social Justice through Multilingual Education (Paperback)
Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Robert Phillipson, Ajit K. Mohanty, Minati Panda
R863 Discovery Miles 8 630 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The principles for enabling children to become fully proficient multilinguals through schooling are well known. Even so, most indigenous/tribal, minority and marginalised children are not provided with appropriate mother-tongue-based multilingual education (MLE) that would enable them to succeed in school and society. In this book experts from around the world ask why this is, and show how it can be done. The book discusses general principles and challenges in depth and presents case studies from Canada and the USA, northern Europe, Peru, Africa, India, Nepal and elsewhere in Asia. Analysis by leading scholars in the field shows the importance of building on local experience. Sharing local solutions globally can lead to better theory, and to action for more social justice and equality through education.

Researching Multilingualism - Critical and ethnographic perspectives (Hardcover): Marilyn Martin-Jones, Deirdre Martin Researching Multilingualism - Critical and ethnographic perspectives (Hardcover)
Marilyn Martin-Jones, Deirdre Martin
R4,515 Discovery Miles 45 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Researching Multilingualism expertly engages with a new sociolinguistics of multilingualism, taking account of this new communicative order and the particular cultural and social conditions of our times. Seventeen chapters are divided into four sections covering: researching discourses, policies and practices; contemporary mobilities; Researching multilingual communication on-line; Multilingualism in research practice. This state-of-the-art overview of research methodologies in multilingual settings will be of interest for all students and researchers working in the area of multilingualism within Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Education and Communication Studies.

A Critical Auto/Ethnography of Learning Spanish - Intercultural competence on the gringo trail? (Hardcover): Phiona Stanley A Critical Auto/Ethnography of Learning Spanish - Intercultural competence on the gringo trail? (Hardcover)
Phiona Stanley
R4,366 Discovery Miles 43 660 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The premise that intercultural contact produces intercultural competence underpins much rationalization of backpacker tourism and in-country language education. However, if insufficiently problematized, pre-existing constructions of cultural 'otherness' may hinder intercultural competence development. This is nowhere truer than in contexts in which wide disparities of power, wealth, and privilege exist, and where such positionings may go unproblematized. This study contributes to theoretical understandings of how intercultural competence develops through intercultural contact situations through a detailed, multiple case study of three conceptually comparable contexts in which Western backpackers study Spanish in Latin America. This experience, often 'bundled' with home-stay, volunteer work, social, and tourist experiences, offers a rich set of empirical data within which to understand the nature of intercultural competence and the processes through which it may be developed. Models of a single, context-free, transferable intercultural competence are rejected. Instead, suggestions are made as to how educators might help prepare intercultural sojourners by scaffolding their intercultural reflections and problematizing their own intersectional identities and their assumptions. The study is a critical ethnography with elements of autoethnographic reflection. The book therefore also contributes to development of this qualitative research methodology and provides an empirical example of its application.

Bridges to Consciousness - Complexes and complexity (Paperback): Nancy M. Krieger Bridges to Consciousness - Complexes and complexity (Paperback)
Nancy M. Krieger
R1,684 Discovery Miles 16 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book investigates consciousness as an emergent state arising from the global functioning of the brain and the body. In this research Krieger applies these concepts to analytical psychology, particularly to the constellation of the complex and of the archetype. Global brain functioning is considered as a complex system whose macroscopic, emergent patterns such as thoughts and behaviours are determined by physical parameters including emotion, memory, and perception. The concept of the feeling-toned complex was among the first of the theories to be developed by Jung, and the theories of complexity and dynamical systems which subsequently developed in the physical sciences did not exist at the time. This book takes a new look at the feeling-toned complex as a basin of attraction which competes for consciousness against other complexes to determine behaviour. By drawing parallels between current ideas in neuroscience and Jung's more traditional theories, Krieger discusses the relevance for both psychotherapy and everyday life. Bridges to Consciousness considers the importance of the link between emotion and the complex in both the establishment of consciousness and the determination of self-esteem, making the work relevant to therapists and analysts. This book will also awaken interest in complexes in both the Jungian and wider neuroscientific research communities and will therefore interest researchers and academics in the field of psychology who want an insight into how the ideas of Jung can be applied beyond the traditional analytic field.

Prescription and Tradition in Language - Establishing Standards across Time and Space (Hardcover): Ingrid Tieken-Boon Van... Prescription and Tradition in Language - Establishing Standards across Time and Space (Hardcover)
Ingrid Tieken-Boon Van Ostade, Carol Percy
R3,142 Discovery Miles 31 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book contextualises case studies across a wide variety of languages and cultures, crystallising key interrelationships between linguistic standardisation and prescriptivism, and between ideas and practices. It focuses on different traditions of standardisation and prescription throughout the world and addresses questions such as how nationalistic idealisations of 'traditional' language persist (or shift) amid language change, linguistic variation and multilingualism. The volume explores issues of standardisation and the sociolinguistic phenomenon of prescription as a formative influence on the notional standard language as well as the interconnections between these in a wide range of geographical contexts. It balances the otherwise strong emphasis on English in English language publications on prescriptivism and breaks new ground with its multilingual approach across languages and nations. The book will appeal to scholars working within different linguistic traditions interested in questions relating to all aspects of standardisation and prescriptivism.

English as a Local Language - Post-colonial Identities and Multilingual Practices (Paperback, New): Christina Higgins English as a Local Language - Post-colonial Identities and Multilingual Practices (Paperback, New)
Christina Higgins
R707 Discovery Miles 7 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When analyzed in multilingual contexts, English is often treated as an entity that is separable from its linguistic environment. It is often the case, however, that multilinguals use English in hybrid and transcultural ways. This book explores how multilingual East Africans make use of English as a local resource in their everyday practices by examining a range of domains, including workplace conversation, beauty pageants, hip hop and advertising. Drawing on the Bakhtinian concept of multivocality, the author uses discourse analysis and ethnographic approaches to demonstrate the range of linguistic and cultural hybridity found across these domains, and to consider the constraints on hybridity in each context. By focusing on the cultural and linguistic bricolage in which English is often found, the book illustrates how multilinguals respond to the tension between local identification and dominant conceptualizations of English as a language for global communication.

Reflections on Language Teacher Identity Research (Hardcover): Gary Barkhuizen Reflections on Language Teacher Identity Research (Hardcover)
Gary Barkhuizen
R4,674 Discovery Miles 46 740 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reflections on Language Teacher Identity Research is the first book to present understandings of language teacher identity (LTI) from a broad range of research fields. Drawing on their personal research experience, 41 contributors locate LTI within their area of expertise by considering their conceptual understanding of LTI and the methodological approaches used to investigate it. The chapters are narrative in nature and take the form of guided reflections within a common chapter structure, with authors embedding their discussions within biographical accounts of their professional lives and research work. Authors weave discussions of LTI into their own research biographies, employing a personal reflective style. This book also looks to future directions in LTI research, with suggestions for research topics and methodological approaches. This is an ideal resource for students and researchers interested in language teacher identity as well as language teaching and research more generally.

Reflections on Language Teacher Identity Research (Paperback): Gary Barkhuizen Reflections on Language Teacher Identity Research (Paperback)
Gary Barkhuizen
R1,513 Discovery Miles 15 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reflections on Language Teacher Identity Research is the first book to present understandings of language teacher identity (LTI) from a broad range of research fields. Drawing on their personal research experience, 41 contributors locate LTI within their area of expertise by considering their conceptual understanding of LTI and the methodological approaches used to investigate it. The chapters are narrative in nature and take the form of guided reflections within a common chapter structure, with authors embedding their discussions within biographical accounts of their professional lives and research work. Authors weave discussions of LTI into their own research biographies, employing a personal reflective style. This book also looks to future directions in LTI research, with suggestions for research topics and methodological approaches. This is an ideal resource for students and researchers interested in language teacher identity as well as language teaching and research more generally.

Researching Multilingualism - Critical and ethnographic perspectives (Paperback): Marilyn Martin-Jones, Deirdre Martin Researching Multilingualism - Critical and ethnographic perspectives (Paperback)
Marilyn Martin-Jones, Deirdre Martin
R1,406 Discovery Miles 14 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Researching Multilingualism expertly engages with a new sociolinguistics of multilingualism, taking account of this new communicative order and the particular cultural and social conditions of our times. Seventeen chapters are divided into four sections covering: researching discourses, policies and practices; contemporary mobilities; Researching multilingual communication on-line; Multilingualism in research practice. This state-of-the-art overview of research methodologies in multilingual settings will be of interest for all students and researchers working in the area of multilingualism within Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Education and Communication Studies.

Language Allegiances and Bilingualism in the US (Paperback): M. Rafael Salaberry Language Allegiances and Bilingualism in the US (Paperback)
M. Rafael Salaberry
R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book analyses the concept of language allegiances, and, more broadly, language-based identities in a multilingual society such as the US. The guiding theme of the chapters that comprise this volume is the identification of specific beliefs and attitudes towards language, and how these lead to particular actions in the spheres of language ideology, legal litigation, educational agendas, political strategies and cultural identities. The authors share the idea that, whether it is based on reality or a perception of reality, there is a privileged connection between language and identity.

Multilingualism and L2 Acquisition - New Perspectives on Current Research (Hardcover): Yolanda Ruiz De Zarobe, Leyre Ruiz De... Multilingualism and L2 Acquisition - New Perspectives on Current Research (Hardcover)
Yolanda Ruiz De Zarobe, Leyre Ruiz De Zarobe
R4,062 Discovery Miles 40 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In recent years we have witnessed a growing interest in multilingualism and its relationship with the learning and teaching of second/foreign languages. However, multilingualism is a highly complex phenomenon, which has a direct influence on how we learn languages. For instance, do we learn a second/foreign language in a similar way in a multilingual context as in a monolingual one? What is the role of the other languages spoken in the community? Do contrasting learning contexts, like CLIL or studying abroad, produce different results? Can positive emotions such as foreign language enjoyment have an active role in the foreign language learning process? These and other topics will be discussed in this book, with the aim of understanding multilingualism, how languages are learned and how to teach them better. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Multilingualism.

Becoming Interculturally Competent through Education and Training (Paperback): Anwei Feng, Michael Byram, Mike Fleming Becoming Interculturally Competent through Education and Training (Paperback)
Anwei Feng, Michael Byram, Mike Fleming
R713 Discovery Miles 7 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The development of intercultural competence is the avowed purpose of teachers/trainers in commercial training and further and higher education, and yet the approaches are often seen as different and even in opposition. This book shows that there is complementarity in 'education' and 'training' in theory and in practice. The first group of chapters focuses on analysis of intercultural experience and the competence needed to be successful in that experience. The following chapters describe the practice of courses in both commercial and educational contexts where it becomes evident that 'education' and 'training' are indeed complementary without denying the tensions which exist and the expectations different learner groups may have. This book is thus not simply another discussion of the theory of interculturality but a juxtaposition of theory and practice to the benefit of both.

Content and Language Integrated Learning - Evidence from Research in Europe (Paperback): Yolanda Ruiz De Zarobe, Rosa Maria... Content and Language Integrated Learning - Evidence from Research in Europe (Paperback)
Yolanda Ruiz De Zarobe, Rosa Maria Jimenez Catalan
R845 Discovery Miles 8 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book contributes to the growth of interest in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), an approach to second/foreign language learning that requires the use of the target language to learn content. Within the framework of European strategies to promote multilingualism, CLIL has begun to be used extensively in a variety of language learning contexts, and at different educational systems and language programmes. This book brings together critical analyses on theoretical and implementation issues of Content and Language Integrated Learning, and empirical studies on the effectiveness of this type of instruction on learners' language competence. The basic theoretical assumption behind this book is that through successful use of the language to learn content, learners will develop their language proficiency more effectively while they learn the academic content specified in the curricula.

The Critical Turn in Language and Intercultural Communication Pedagogy - Theory, Research and Practice (Hardcover): Maria... The Critical Turn in Language and Intercultural Communication Pedagogy - Theory, Research and Practice (Hardcover)
Maria Dasli, Adriana Raquel Diaz
R4,670 Discovery Miles 46 700 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edited research volume explores the development of what can be described as the 'critical turn' in intercultural communication pedagogy, with a particular focus on modern/foreign language education. The main aim is to trace the realisations of this critical turn against a background of unequal power relations, and to illuminate the role that radical culture educators can play in the making of a more democratic and egalitarian social order. The volume takes as a starting point the idea that criticality draws on a number of intellectual traditions, which do not always focus on social and political critique, and argues that because ideological hegemony impacts on the meanings that people create and share, intercultural communication pedagogy ought to locate itself within wider socio-political contexts. With reference points drawn from critical and transnational social theory, critical pedagogy and intercultural theory, contributors to this volume provide readers with powerful ways that show how this can be achieved, and together assess the impact that their understanding of criticality can make on modern/foreign language education. The volume is divided into three major parts, namely: 'theorising critically', 'researching critically' and 'teaching critically'.

Becoming Biliterate - A Study of Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Education (Hardcover, New): Bertha Perez Becoming Biliterate - A Study of Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Education (Hardcover, New)
Bertha Perez
R4,707 Discovery Miles 47 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book describes the development process and dynamics of change in the course of implementing a two-way bilingual immersion education program in two school communities. The focus is on the language and literacy learning of elementary-school students and on how it is influenced by parents, teachers, and policymakers. Perez provides rich, highly detailed descriptions, both quantitative and qualitative, of the change process at the two schools involved, including student language and achievement data for five years of program implementation that were used to test the basic two-way bilingual theory, the specific school interventions, and the particular classroom instructional practices.
The contribution of "Becoming Biliterate: A Study of Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Education" is to provide a comprehensive description of contextual and instructional factors that might help or hinder the attainment of successful literacy and student outcomes in both languages. The study has broad theoretical, policy, and practical instructional relevance for the many other U.S. school districts with large student populations of non-native speakers of English.
This volume is highly relevant for researchers, teacher educators, and graduate students in bilingual and ESL education, language policy, linguistics, and language education, and as a text for master's- and doctoral-level classes in these areas.

Stimulated Recall Methodology in Applied Linguistics and L2 Research (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Susan M Gass, Alison Mackey Stimulated Recall Methodology in Applied Linguistics and L2 Research (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Susan M Gass, Alison Mackey
R4,060 Discovery Miles 40 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Stimulated Recall Methodology in Applied Linguistics and L2 Research provides researchers and students in second language acquisition and applied linguistics with the only how-to guide on using stimulated recalls in their research practice. This new edition expands on the scope of the previous edition, walking readers step-by-step through a range of studies in applied linguistics in order to demonstrate the history of stimulated recalls and their efficacy as a data collection tool. With its exclusive focus on stimulated recalls, coverage of the most up-to-date research studies, and pedagogically rich text design, Stimulated Recall Methodology in Applied Linguistics and L2 Research supplies researchers and students with the practical skills to elicit richer data in their own research.

NABE Review of Research and Practice - Volume 3 (Hardcover, New): Virginia Gonzalez, Josefina Tinajero NABE Review of Research and Practice - Volume 3 (Hardcover, New)
Virginia Gonzalez, Josefina Tinajero
R3,058 Discovery Miles 30 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The National Association of Bilingual Education (NABE) published electronic issues of Volumes 1 and 2 of the "NABE Journal of Research and Practice" to offer archival records of 2002 and 2003 NABE conferences presentations. Beginning with Volume 3, the title of the publication is changed to "NABE Review of Research and Practice" and is published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. for NABE.
"NABE Review of Research and Practice, Volume 3" fulfills the following goals:
*to establish an annual archival record of cutting-edge NABE conference presentations that generate new knowledge and advance the field of bilingual education research;
*to mentor junior scholars within the academic setting by providing an outlet for developing a publication record with the assistance of established scholars, and by publishing guidelines for developing high-quality dissertation research proposals and completed studies, and for university-based efforts to mentor doctoral students in bilingual education;
*to offer, in the "Research" section, an outlet for theoretical and applied research studies that represent innovative conceptual and philosophical perspectives, and that also implement innovative methodologies for solving theoretical and applied problems in bilingual education;
*to provide, in the "Applied" "Education/Action Research" section, an outlet for case studies, position papers, and action research that comes from practitioners in the field of bilingual education who are implementing research methodologies in their own classrooms or school districts (e.g., teacher-based research, evaluation studies conducted in the implementation of bilingual educationfederal and state grants); and
*to present, in the "Position Papers and Reflections" section, reflections of experiences of bilingual researchers, practitioners, and public school and higher education students that give insightful self-accounts of the experiences of ethnic minority students, scholars, and educators that allow readers to learn from them as role models and advocates.
For further information on NABE conferences and publications visit the NABE Web page at www.nabe.org.

The Languages of Africa and the Diaspora - Educating for Language Awareness (Paperback): Jo Anne Kleifgen, George C. Bond The Languages of Africa and the Diaspora - Educating for Language Awareness (Paperback)
Jo Anne Kleifgen, George C. Bond
R847 Discovery Miles 8 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines the social cost of linguistic exceptionalism for the education of speakers of nondominant/subordinated languages in Africa and the African diaspora. The contributors take the languages of Africa, the Caribbean, and the US as cases in point to illustrate the effects of exceptionalist beliefs that these languages are inadequate for instructional purposes. They describe contravening movements toward various forms of linguistic diversity both inside and outside of school settings across these regions. Different theoretical lenses and a range of empirical data are brought to bear on investigating the role of these languages in educational policies and practices. Collectively, the chapters in this volume make the case for a comprehensive language awareness to remedy the myths of linguistic exceptionalism and to advance the affirmative dimensions of linguistic diversity.

Teaching World Languages for Social Justice - A Sourcebook of Principles and Practices (Hardcover): Terry A. Osborn Teaching World Languages for Social Justice - A Sourcebook of Principles and Practices (Hardcover)
Terry A. Osborn
R4,065 Discovery Miles 40 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Teaching World Languages for Social Justice: A Sourcebook of Principles and Practices offers principles based on theory, and innovative concepts, approaches, and practices illustrated through concrete examples, for promoting social justice and developing a critical praxis in foreign language classrooms in the U.S. and in wider world language communities. For educators seeking to translate these ideals into classroom practice in an environment dominated by the current standards movement and accountability measures, the critical insights on language education offered in this text will be widely welcomed. The text is designed as a sourcebook for translating theory into practice. Each chapter includes the theoretical base, guidelines for practice, discussion of the relationship to existing practices in the world language classroom, suggestions for activity development (which can be integrated into a professional portfolio), illustrative examples, questions for reflection, and additional suggested readings. Teaching World Languages for Social Justice is a primary or supplementary text for second and foreign language teaching methods courses and is equally appropriate for graduate courses in language education or educational studies.

The Bilingual Mental Lexicon - Interdisciplinary Approaches (Paperback): Aneta Pavlenko The Bilingual Mental Lexicon - Interdisciplinary Approaches (Paperback)
Aneta Pavlenko
R844 Discovery Miles 8 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How are words organized in the bilingual mind? How are they linked to concepts? How do bi- and multilinguals process words in their multiple languages? The first aim of this volume is to offer up-to-date answers to these questions. Its second aim is to provide readers with detailed step-by-step introductions to a variety of methodological approaches used to investigate the bilingual lexicon, from traditional neurocognitive and psycholinguistic approaches to the more recent ones that examine language use in context.

The Bilingual Mental Lexicon - Interdisciplinary Approaches (Hardcover): Aneta Pavlenko The Bilingual Mental Lexicon - Interdisciplinary Approaches (Hardcover)
Aneta Pavlenko
R2,618 Discovery Miles 26 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

How are words organized in the bilingual mind? How are they linked to concepts? How do bi- and multilinguals process words in their multiple languages? The first aim of this volume is to offer up-to-date answers to these questions. Its second aim is to provide readers with detailed step-by-step introductions to a variety of methodological approaches used to investigate the bilingual lexicon, from traditional neurocognitive and psycholinguistic approaches to the more recent ones that examine language use in context.

Language Diversity and Education (Hardcover): David Corson Language Diversity and Education (Hardcover)
David Corson
R4,067 Discovery Miles 40 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This introductory text for students of linguistics, language, and education provides background and up-to-date information and resources that beginning researchers need for studying language diversity and education. Three framing chapters offer an update on the philosophy of social research, revealing how important language is for all the processes of learning in which humans engage, whether it is learning about the world through education, or learning about the nature of social life through research in the human sciences. These chapters also review the links between language, power, and social justice, and look at dynamic changes occurring in "language diversity and education" research. Four central chapters give state-of-the-art, comprehensive coverage to the chief areas of language diversity that affect the practice of education: standard and non-standard varieties; different cultural discourse norms; bilingual and ESL education; and gendered discourse norms. This book is intended for graduate students of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, the social psychology of language, anthropological linguistics, and other related disciplines; and graduate students of education, including in-service teachers taking advanced professional development courses. Special features enhance its usefulness as a text for courses in these areas: * A clear, jargon free writing style invites careful reading. * All ideas are well within the range that graduate students in the language disciplines or in education can relate to their work, but theoretical ideas are kept to a necessary minimum and linked with practical examples in every case. * Extensive references guide readers to the book's up-to-date, international, and cross-cultural bibliography. * "Discussion Starter" questions at the end of each chapter highlight key points and stimulate informed, reflective discussion.

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