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THE LANGUAGES OF AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA
EDUCATING FOR LANGUAGE AWARENESS |
| By: |
Jo Anne Kleifgen (Editor), George C. Bond (Editor) |
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Hardback |
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£79.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
184769134X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847691347 |
| Publisher: |
CHANNEL VIEW PUBLICATIONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
17 February, 2009 |
| Series: |
New Perspectives on Language and Education |
| Pages: |
312 |
| Description: |
This book explores subordinated vernacular languages in the context of African, Caribbean and US educational landscapes, highlighting the social cost of linguistic exceptionalism in these areas. It examines contravening movements towards forms of linguistic diversity and offers a comprehensive approach to language awareness in educative settings. |
| Synopsis: |
This book examines the social cost of linguistic exceptionalism for the education of speakers of nondominant/subordinated languages in Africa and the African diaspora. The contributors take the languages of Africa, the Caribbean, and the US as cases in point to illustrate the effects of exceptionalist beliefs that these languages are inadequate for instructional purposes. They describe contravening movements toward various forms of linguistic diversity both inside and outside of school settings across these regions. Different theoretical lenses and a range of empirical data are brought to bear on investigating the role of these languages in educational policies and practices. Collectively, the chapters in this volume make the case for a comprehensive language awareness to remedy the myths of linguistic exceptionalism and to advance the affirmative dimensions of linguistic diversity. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Multilingual Matters |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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