Description: Further DetailsTitle: Harnessing Linguistic Variation to Improve EducationCondition: NewEAN: 9783034307260ISBN: 9783034307260Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der WissenschaftenFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/21/2012Description: This volume brings together research carried out in a variety of geographic and linguistic contexts including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, the Caribbean, Europe and the United States and explores efforts to incorporate linguistic diversity into education and to ‘harness’ this diversity for learners’ benefit. It challenges the largely anachronistic ideology that promotes exclusive use of an educational monolingual standard variety and advocates the use in formal education of aboriginal/indigenous languages, minority languages, nonstandard varieties and contact languages. The contributors examine both historical and current practices for including linguistic diversity in education by considering specific bidialectal, bilingual and multilingual educational initiatives. The different geographical and linguistic settings covered in the volume are linked together by a unifying theme: linguistic diversity exists all over the world, but it is very rarely utilized effectively for the benefit of students. When it is used, whether in isolated studies or through governmental initiatives, the research findings point systematically to the many educational advantages experienced by linguistically-diverse students. This book will be of interest to teachers and language practitioners, as well as to students and scholars of language and education.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: CHItem Height: 225mmItem Length: 150mmItem Weight: 480gContributor: Androula Yiakoumetti (Edited by)Author: Androula YiakoumettiGenre: Language & ReferenceBook Series: Rethinking EducationTopic: Children's Learning & Education, Society & CultureRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Harnessing Linguistic Variation to Improve Education
Title: Harnessing Linguistic Variation to Improve Education
EAN: 9783034307260
ISBN: 9783034307260
Release Date: 05/21/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: CH
Item Height: 225mm
Contributor: Androula Yiakoumetti (Edited by)
Genre: Language & Reference
Topic: Society & Culture
Number of Pages: 322 Pages
Publication Name: Harnessing Linguistic Variation to Improve Education
Language: English
Publisher: Lang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter
Publication Year: 2012
Subject: Minority Studies, Multicultural Education, Bilingual Education, Language Experience Approach, General, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Linguistics / General, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Features: New Edition
Item Weight: 16.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Social Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Education
Author: Androula Yiakoumetti
Item Length: 8.9 in
Item Width: 5.9 in
Series: Rethinking Education Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
