Bilingual Education
Bilingual Education

Author: Ofelia García

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 9027220808

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This volume contains interdisciplinary essays on bilingual education in various countries of the world. Some contributions deal with policy and curricular issues with regard to minority and majority language, some consider the enrichment aspect of bilingual education. Others focus on language maintenance and revitalization, still others look at ways in which bilingual education could stabilize the functions of the societal languages. All contributions support bilingualism in society and consider how bilingual education could promote that goal. A special section is devoted to US policies and politics

Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance
Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance

Author: David Bradley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 1136852719

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Language endangerment is a fundamental issue for humanity. What rights do minority communities have concerning their languages? How does each language conceptualize the world differently? How much knowledge about the world and a local ecosystem is lost when a language disappears? What is the process involved and how can insights about this process contribute to linguistic theory? What typological insights will be lost if undescribed languages disappear before their unique structural properties are known? How can language shift be stopped or reversed? This volume comprises: * a general overview introduction * four theoretical chapters on what happens during language shift * ten case studies of autochthonous languages under threat * four case studies of migrant languages at risk * three concluding chapters discussing strategies and resources for language maintenance.

Handbook of Reading Research, Volume III
Handbook of Reading Research, Volume III

Author: Michael L. Kamil

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-11-18

Total Pages: 1438

ISBN-13: 1351779583

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In Volume III, as in Volumes I and II, the classic topics of reading are included--from vocabulary and comprehension to reading instruction in the classroom--and, in addition, each contributor was asked to include a brief history that chronicles the legacies within each of the volume's many topics. However, on the whole, Volume III is not about tradition. Rather, it explores the verges of reading research between the time Volume II was published in 1991 and the research conducted after this date. The editors identified two broad themes as representing the myriad of verges that have emerged since Volumes I and II were published: (1) broadening the definition of reading, and (2) broadening the reading research program. The particulars of these new themes and topics are addressed.

Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Bilingual Education
Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Bilingual Education

Author: Christina Bratt Paulston

Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781853591464

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An anthology of articles on ethnic bilingualism and bilingual education from a sociolinguistic perspective. It covers theoretical paradigms (primarily structural-functionalism and group conflict theory and the problem formulations in BE typical of the paradigms), practical research methodology and a number of exemplificatory case studies.

Linguistic Imperialism
Linguistic Imperialism

Author: Robert Phillipson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9780194371469

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This study explores the contemporary phenomenon of English as an international language, and sets out to analyze how and why the language has become so dominant. It examines the historical spread of the language, the role it plays in Third World countries, and the ideologies it transmits.