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Teaching Migrant Children's Mother Tongue and Learning the Language Ofthe Host Country in the Context of the Socio-cultural Situation of the Migrant Family
Social Justice through Multilingual Education
Author: Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2009-08-20
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 1847696856
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Teaching Migrant Children's Mother Tongue and Learning the Language of the Host Country in the Context of the Socio-cultural Situation of the Migrant Family
Studies in Japanese Bilingualism
Author: Mary Goebel Noguchi
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 185359489X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Revitalising Indigenous Languages
Author: Marja-Liisa Olthuis
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Published: 2013-01-23
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 1847698905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Bilinguality and Bilingualism
Author: Josiane F. Hamers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-02-17
Total Pages: 486
ISBN-13: 9780521648431
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This updated and revised edition of Hamers and Blanc's successful textbook presents state-of-the-art knowledge about languages in contact from individual bilingualism (or bilinguality) to societal bilingualism. It is both multi- and interdisciplinary in approach, and analyses bilingualism at individual, interpersonal, and societal levels. Linguistic, cognitive and sociocultural aspects of bilingual development are explored, as are problems such as bilingual memory and polyglot aphasia. Hamers and Blanc analyse the relationship between culture, identity, and language behaviour in multicultural settings, as well as the communication strategies in interpersonal and intergroup relations. They also propose theoretical models of language processing and development, which are then applied to bilingual behaviour. Other topics reviewed include language shift, pidgins and creoles, language planning and bilingual education. This book will be invaluable to students, teachers and scholars interested in languages in contact in a range of disciplines including psycholinguistics, linguistics, the social sciences, education and language planning.
Framing Languages and Literacies
Author: Margaret R. Hawkins
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-04-12
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 1135093199
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this seminal volume leading language and literacy scholars clearly articulate and explicate major social perspectives and approaches in the fields of language and literacy studies. Each approach draws on distinct bodies of literature and traditions and uses distinct identifiers, labels, and constellations of concepts; each has been taken up across diverse global contexts and is used as rationale and guide for the design of research and of educational policies and practices. Authors discuss the genesis and historical trajectory of the approach with which they are associated; offer their unique perspectives, rationales, and engagements; and investigate implications for understanding language and literacy use in and out of schools. The premise of the book is that understanding concepts, perspectives, and approaches requires knowing the context in which they were created, the rationale or purpose in creating them, and how they have been taken up and applied in communities of practice. Accessible yet theoretically rich, this volume is indispensible for researchers, students, and professionals across the fields of language and literacy studies.
Key Concepts in Bilingualism
Author: Fredric W. Field
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017-09-16
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 0230344461
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Arranged alphabetically, this accessible glossary provides a quick source of reference for a range of readers, from students of linguistics to educators who need help navigating the vocabulary of Bilingualism. Cross-referenced throughout, this guide considers a range of concepts that relate to the interdisciplinary nature of the field.
World Yearbook of Education
Author: Jacquetta Megarry
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2005-12-08
Total Pages: 414
ISBN-13: 9780415392976
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First Published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
