Mohanty The Multilingual Reality

Living with Languages
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78892-198-5
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 16, 288 Seiten

Reihe: Linguistic Diversity and Language Rights

This book is a multidisciplinary analysis of the meaning and dynamics of multilingualism from the perspectives of multilingual societies and language communities in the margins, who are trapped in a vicious circle of disadvantage. It analyses the social, psychological and sociolinguistic processes of linguistic dominance and hierarchical relationships among languages, discrimination, marginalisation and assertive maintenance in multilingualism characterised by a Double Divide, and shows the relationship between educational neglect of languages, capability deprivation and poverty, and loss of linguistic diversity. Its comparative analysis of language-in-education policies and practices and applications of multilingual education (MLE) in diverse contexts shows some promises and challenges in the education of indigenous/tribal/minority children. This book will be of interest to students, researchers, educators and practitioners in sociolinguistics, educational linguistics, psycholinguistics, multilingualism and bilingual/multilingual education.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mohanty, Ajit K.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction: Languaging without Borders and Binaries

Chapter 2. The Multilingual World: Conceptual Issues

Chapter 3. Multilingualism: A Resource or Burden?

Chapter 4. Language, Power and Hierarchy: The Double Divide

Chapter 5. Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Societies: Moving From Marginalisation/Assimilation to Assertive Maintenance

Chapter 6. Language Disadvantage, Capability Deprivation and Poverty

Chapter 7. Multilingualism and Language Policy in Education

Chapter 8. Educational Models in Multilingual Societies: Rethinking MLE

Chapter 9. English in Multilingual Societies: The Dynamics of Dominance

References

Über Autor(innen)

Mohanty, Ajit K.
Ajit K. Mohanty is an educational psycholinguist working on Multilingual Education (MLE), Language Policy in Education and Education of Indigenous, Tribal, Minority and Minoritized Communities. He was an ICSSR National Fellow after his retirement in 2011 as a Professor of Psychology (and former Chairperson) in the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. His latest book, The Multilingual Reality: Living with Languages (2019), is published by Multilingual Matters, UK/USA. Professor Mohanty drafted the 2014 Policy for Mother Tongue-based Multilingual Education of tribal children in Odisha (India). Bhasa Katha, Bhasa Byatha is his recently published book in Odia, dealing with issues of Language and Education.

Ajit K. Mohanty is Chief Adviser of the National Multilingual Education Resource Consortium (NMRC) and Retired Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. His research interests include multilingualism, multilingual education, multilingual socialisation and educational language policy.