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Language Diversity and Education (Paperback)
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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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