Social Justice through Multilingual Education

Social Justice through Multilingual Education
Author: Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2009-08-20
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1847696856

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The principles for enabling children to become fully proficient multilinguals through schooling are well known. Even so, most indigenous/tribal, minority and marginalised children are not provided with appropriate mother-tongue-based multilingual education (MLE) that would enable them to succeed in school and society. In this book experts from around the world ask why this is, and show how it can be done. The book discusses general principles and challenges in depth and presents case studies from Canada and the USA, northern Europe, Peru, Africa, India, Nepal and elsewhere in Asia. Analysis by leading scholars in the field shows the importance of building on local experience. Sharing local solutions globally can lead to better theory, and to action for more social justice and equality through education.

Studies in Japanese Bilingualism

Studies in Japanese Bilingualism
Author: Mary Goebel Noguchi
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2001
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 185359489X

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Studies in Japanese Bilingualism helps dissolve the myth of Japanese homogeneity by explaining the history of this construct and offering twelve empirical studies on different facets of language contact in Japan, including Ainu revitalisation, Korean language maintenance, creative use of Ryukyuan languages in Okinawa, English immersion, and language use by Nikkei immigrants, Chinese "War Orphans" and bicultural children, as well as codeswitching and language attrition in Japanese contexts.

An Introductory Reader to the Writings of Jim Cummins

An Introductory Reader to the Writings of Jim Cummins
Author: Jim Cummins
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2001
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9781853594755

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The contribution of Jim Cummins to bilingualism and bilingual education has been substantial and profound. This reader provides a comprehensive compilation of his most important and influential texts. The book also provides a detailed biographical introduction and a commentary on the growth of ideas over three decades.

Third Or Additional Language Acquisition

Third Or Additional Language Acquisition
Author: Gessica De Angelis
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2007
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1847690033

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Third or Additional Language Acquisition examines research on the acquisition of languages beyond the L2 within four main areas of inquiry: crosslinguistic influence, multilingual speech production models, the multilingual lexicon and the impact of bi/mul

Dual Language Education

Dual Language Education
Author: Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2001-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781853595318

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Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.

Teaching Multicultured Students

Teaching Multicultured Students
Author: Alex Moore
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2003-10-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135709122

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Offers suggestions for making classroom and teaching practice more effective for bilingual and bidialectical pupils. Case studies are used, which give voice to student and practising teacher perspectives which are often unheard. This book will help teachers develop practice that combats actual exclusion and the symbolic exclusion that some multicultured students experience.

Revitalising Indigenous Languages

Revitalising Indigenous Languages
Author: Marja-Liisa Olthuis
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2013-01-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1847698905

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The book tells the story of the Indigenous Aanaar Saami language (around 350 speakers) and cultural revitalisation in Finland. It offers a new language revitalisation method that can be used with Indigenous and minority languages, especially in cases where the native language has been lost among people of a working age. The book gives practical examples as well as a theoretical frame of reference for how to plan, organise and implement an intensive language programme for adults who already have professional training. It is the first time that a process of revitalisation of a very small language has been systematically described from the beginning; it is a small-scale success story. The book finishes with self-reflection and cautious recommendations for Indigenous peoples and minorities who want to revive or revitalise their languages.