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This book contains a collection of more than 20 up-to-date
overviews of a variety of aspects of language awareness and the
role of metalinguistic knowledge in language development and
education. The contributions offer a balanced perspective on a
range of topics, including first and second language acquisition,
classroom talk, language use in the multicultural work place,
translation, Esperanto, whole language, historical perspectives
from the UK and the Netherlands, critical pedagogy, the education
of language teachers, the teaching of grammar, phonology and
writing. The book offers a comprehensive perspective on
metalinguistic knowledge and processes, and presents a coherent
argument for building an element of language awareness into the
language curriculum at all educational levels.
This volume provides a comprehensive account of the implementation
of bilingual education programmes in countries throughout the
world. Bilingual programmes have been implemented to achieve a
variety of educational and social goals in different contexts. Some
programmes are intended to support the maintenance of national
minority languages or to revitalize languages whose long-term
survival is threatened; others aim to help recent immigrants
succeed academically while making the transition to instruction
taught primarily through the majority language of the society. In
addition, bilingual programmes have been used to teach additional
languages to students from the majority or dominant language group.
Similar theoretical principles underlie the development of
bilingual conversational and academic skills in all these diverse
contexts.
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.
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.
"Language Policy in Schools" provides school administrators and
teachers a practical approach for designing a language policy for
their school and for dealing with the language issues that confront
schools, particularly those operating in settings of linguistic and
cultural diversity. It can be used as a text in teacher and
administrator preparation programs, graduate programs, and
in-service and professional development programs. Special features
include:
* a clear, jargon-free writing style that invites careful reading;
* abundant examples that students of education everywhere can
learn from--including samples of school language policies developed
for real schools by real teacher-researchers;
* questions at the end of each chapter to highlight key points and
stimulate informed discussion among pre-service and experienced
teachers and administrators; and
* an up-to-date international and cross-cultural biography.
"Language Policy in Schools" provides school administrators and
teachers a practical approach for designing a language policy for
their school and for dealing with the language issues that confront
schools, particularly those operating in settings of linguistic and
cultural diversity. It can be used as a text in teacher and
administrator preparation programs, graduate programs, and
in-service and professional development programs. Special features
include:
* a clear, jargon-free writing style that invites careful reading;
* abundant examples that students of education everywhere can
learn from--including samples of school language policies developed
for real schools by real teacher-researchers;
* questions at the end of each chapter to highlight key points and
stimulate informed discussion among pre-service and experienced
teachers and administrators; and
* an up-to-date international and cross-cultural biography.
Romans described the emperor Trajan as the 'perfect prince'. What
made him so remarkable? This novel is a narrative historical
account of the lives of the emperor and his consort. It describes
the extraordinary events that brought the couple to power and the
timeless achievements of that power. The book traces Trajan's early
life as a soldier, through his marriage, service to Domitian and
rise to influence, and looks at Plotina's early life in Provence,
her philosophical interests, and the events that allowed her to
become a partner in greatness. It includes a unique recreation of
Trajan's lost 'Dacian Commentaries' which cover the Balkan wars
that Rome fought to bring Romania inside the Empire. And it traces
the military expeditions that helped fulfill Trajan's expansionist
dreams, reaching across Iraq, Iran, Arabia, and up into Southern
Russia. All this is presented inside a dynamic narrative account
that engages the reader.
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