Author: Stacy Churchill
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028330
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This book provides an overview of the principles used by policy makers in western industrialized countries as they seek to meet the educational needs of cultural and linguistic minorities. The book synthesises data from more than 30 national case studies and consultants' reports prepared for an OECD-sponsored study.
The Education of Linguistic and Cultural Minorities in the OECD Countries
Author: Stacy Churchill
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028330
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This book provides an overview of the principles used by policy makers in western industrialized countries as they seek to meet the educational needs of cultural and linguistic minorities. The book synthesises data from more than 30 national case studies and consultants' reports prepared for an OECD-sponsored study.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028330
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This book provides an overview of the principles used by policy makers in western industrialized countries as they seek to meet the educational needs of cultural and linguistic minorities. The book synthesises data from more than 30 national case studies and consultants' reports prepared for an OECD-sponsored study.
Linguistic Genocide in Education--or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights?
Author: Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135662363
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 821
Book Description
In this powerful, multidisciplinary book, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas shows how most indigenous and minority education contributes to linguistic genocide according to United Nations definitions. Theory is combined with a wealth of factual encyclopedic information and with many examples and vignettes. The examples come from all parts of the world and try to avoid Eurocentrism. Oriented toward theory and practice, facts and evaluations, and reflection and action, the book prompts readers to find information about the world and their local contexts, to reflect and to act. A Web site with additional resource materials to this book can be found at http://www.ruc.dk/~tovesk/
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135662363
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 821
Book Description
In this powerful, multidisciplinary book, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas shows how most indigenous and minority education contributes to linguistic genocide according to United Nations definitions. Theory is combined with a wealth of factual encyclopedic information and with many examples and vignettes. The examples come from all parts of the world and try to avoid Eurocentrism. Oriented toward theory and practice, facts and evaluations, and reflection and action, the book prompts readers to find information about the world and their local contexts, to reflect and to act. A Web site with additional resource materials to this book can be found at http://www.ruc.dk/~tovesk/
Minority Education and Ethnic Survival
Author: Michael Byram
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028545
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This book is a study of the relationship between the education system of a minority and its ethnic identity. The study is based on ethnographic fieldwork in one of the minority's schools and focuses particularly on the experience of school-leavers.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028545
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This book is a study of the relationship between the education system of a minority and its ethnic identity. The study is based on ethnographic fieldwork in one of the minority's schools and focuses particularly on the experience of school-leavers.
The Use of Welsh
Author: Martin John Ball
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028989
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This book explores patterns of marked variation in the use of the Welsh language, looking at them from the linguistic viewpoint -- variation at different levels of language, and from the sociolinguistic viewpoint -- regional and social varieties.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028989
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
This book explores patterns of marked variation in the use of the Welsh language, looking at them from the linguistic viewpoint -- variation at different levels of language, and from the sociolinguistic viewpoint -- regional and social varieties.
Aspects of Bilingualism in Wales
Author: Colin Baker
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028507
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The minority language and culture of Wales is under threat. Building on a computer analysis of the 1981 Welsh language Census data, the book provides evidence of a language moving slowly towards extinction. Each chapter examines an issue which is of significance in most minority language situations, but is exemplified in the Welsh context.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028507
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The minority language and culture of Wales is under threat. Building on a computer analysis of the 1981 Welsh language Census data, the book provides evidence of a language moving slowly towards extinction. Each chapter examines an issue which is of significance in most minority language situations, but is exemplified in the Welsh context.
Language without Rights
Author: Lionel Wee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190207957
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Language without Rights is a book-length critique of the concept of language rights. Synthesizing insights from a variety of disciplines, including linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, sociology and political philosophy, Wee demonstrates how the appeal to language rights faces a number of conceptual and practical problems, particularly because the discourse of rights is fundamentally inconsistent with the socially variable nature of language. The book also explores an alternative that is more in tune with the complexities of language in social life by suggesting that issues involving language are better managed within a model of deliberative democracy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190207957
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Language without Rights is a book-length critique of the concept of language rights. Synthesizing insights from a variety of disciplines, including linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, sociology and political philosophy, Wee demonstrates how the appeal to language rights faces a number of conceptual and practical problems, particularly because the discourse of rights is fundamentally inconsistent with the socially variable nature of language. The book also explores an alternative that is more in tune with the complexities of language in social life by suggesting that issues involving language are better managed within a model of deliberative democracy.
Communicative Competence Approaches to Language Proficiency Assessment
Author: Charlene Rivera
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028217
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028217
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Contemporary British Identity
Author: Christina Julios
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351161180
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Against the background of an increasingly diverse British society, this book traces the evolution of British identity in the twentieth century. Debates exploring the nature of Britishness and multiculturalism are here deconstructed through a linguistic lens, which considers the role played by the English language in shaping Britain's national identity. Within this context, two significant historical events are considered: the expansionism of nineteenth century British Empire, and the subsequent rise of the United States to the position of world superpower. In charting the development of British nationhood over time, the book identifies three contrasting public narratives, each reflecting society's perceptions of the identity question at particular points in time: a discourse of laissez-faire at the turn of the century; a discourse of multiculturalism in the ensuing decades; and a discourse of integration during the closing years. The book raises fundamental questions about who we are as a nation and how we got here. It also provides clues as to the direction the prevailing public discourse on British identity is likely to take in the twenty-first century.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351161180
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Against the background of an increasingly diverse British society, this book traces the evolution of British identity in the twentieth century. Debates exploring the nature of Britishness and multiculturalism are here deconstructed through a linguistic lens, which considers the role played by the English language in shaping Britain's national identity. Within this context, two significant historical events are considered: the expansionism of nineteenth century British Empire, and the subsequent rise of the United States to the position of world superpower. In charting the development of British nationhood over time, the book identifies three contrasting public narratives, each reflecting society's perceptions of the identity question at particular points in time: a discourse of laissez-faire at the turn of the century; a discourse of multiculturalism in the ensuing decades; and a discourse of integration during the closing years. The book raises fundamental questions about who we are as a nation and how we got here. It also provides clues as to the direction the prevailing public discourse on British identity is likely to take in the twenty-first century.
Social Purpose and Schooling
Author: Jerry Paquette
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351846930
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
First published in 1991, this work critically analyses the competing claims about alternative arrangements for schooling. It does so in light of major popularly understood agendas for social and political purpose, and of the troubled and much less clearly understood assumptions and issues behind them. The book examines closely four generic types of arrangements for schooling in light of a comprehensive framework for understanding the publicness or privateness of schools, and the relationships between social and educational purpose. The book poses key questions about the meaning and purpose of schooling in the rapidly evolving social, demographic and technological realities of the time. It also probes fundamental assumptions, values and beliefs behind educational and public policy-making. In doing so, it offers a way to make sense of unorthodox arrangements for the provision and funding of schools.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351846930
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
First published in 1991, this work critically analyses the competing claims about alternative arrangements for schooling. It does so in light of major popularly understood agendas for social and political purpose, and of the troubled and much less clearly understood assumptions and issues behind them. The book examines closely four generic types of arrangements for schooling in light of a comprehensive framework for understanding the publicness or privateness of schools, and the relationships between social and educational purpose. The book poses key questions about the meaning and purpose of schooling in the rapidly evolving social, demographic and technological realities of the time. It also probes fundamental assumptions, values and beliefs behind educational and public policy-making. In doing so, it offers a way to make sense of unorthodox arrangements for the provision and funding of schools.
Conflict and Language Planning in Quebec
Author: Richard Y. Bourhis
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028255
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This book presents a coherent picture of Quebec's efforts to make French the only official language of Quebec society. This book provides many answers as to why Bill 101 was implemented by the Quebec Government but it raises numerous questions when it comes time to evaluate the impact of the Charter on different sectors of Quebec society.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9780905028255
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
This book presents a coherent picture of Quebec's efforts to make French the only official language of Quebec society. This book provides many answers as to why Bill 101 was implemented by the Quebec Government but it raises numerous questions when it comes time to evaluate the impact of the Charter on different sectors of Quebec society.