Language Diversity in the Classroom

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-1-84769-225-2
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 451 g

This book provides comprehensive coverage of language contact in classroom settings. A thorough analysis of the sources and implications of social “disadvantage” is presented first, since the nonstandard dialects that children bring with them to school – and the unfavourable perceptions of these dialects – have traditionally given rise to educational difficulties. The persistence of these perceptions is particularly highlighted. More general issues surrounding the range and implications of language attitudes are dealt with, as is the important “test case” of Black English. The book also discusses foreign-language teaching and learning, as well as the assumptions and intentions underpinning bilingual and multicultural education. Given its breadth and its style, this book should be of interest and value to all teachers, as well as to students and researchers concerned with any aspect of the social life of language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edwards, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Discourse Analysis and its Discontents

Chapter 3: Disadvantage: A Brief Overview

Chapter 4: Disadvantage: The Genetic Case

Chapter 5: Disadvantage: The Environmental Case

Chapter 6: The Language Debate

Chapter 7: The Persistence of Linguistic Deficit

Chapter 8: Evaluative Reactions to the Language of Disadvantage

Chapter 9: Black English as Ebonics

Chapter 10: ‘Foreign’ Languages in the Classroom

Chapter 11: Multiculturalism and Multicultural Education

Chapter 12: Bilingualism: A Very Brief Overview

Chapter 13: Bilingual Education

Chapter 14: A Concluding Statement

Über Autor(innen)

Edwards, John
John Edwards was born in England, educated there and in Canada, and received his PhD from McGill University. He is a Senior Research Professor at St Francis Xavier University (Antigonish), Adjunct Professor, Graduate Studies, at Dalhousie University (Halifax), and Visiting Professor at Minzu University (Beijing). His main research interest is with the establishment, maintenance and continuity of group identity, with particular reference to language in both its communicative and symbolic aspects.  Edwards is the editor of the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (published by Routledge), and of the Multilingual Matters book series.  Recent books include Challenges in the Social Life of Language (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2011), Multilingualism: Understanding Linguistic Diversity (Continuum / Bloomsbury, 2012) and Sociolinguistics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2013).  Edwards is a fellow of the British Psychological Society, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Royal Society of Canada.

John Edwards is a Professor of Psychology at St Francis Xavier University. His research interests are in language, identity and the many ramifications of their relationship. He has lectured and presented papers on this topic in some thirty countries. Professor Edwards is the editor of the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. He is the author of several books including Language and Identity (Cambridge, 2009) and Un mundo de lenguas (Aresta, 2009) as well as many articles, chapters and reviews.