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This book provides an up-to-date overview of sociolinguistics, including topics of nationalism and popular culture, style and identity, creole languages, critical language awareness, multimodal literacies, classroom discourse, ideologies and power, across various language education contexts.
List of contents
Introduction: Sociolinguistics and Language Education - Nancy H. Hornberger and Sandra Lee McKayLANGUAGE AND IDEOLOGYLanguage and Ideologies - Mary E. McGroartyLanguage, Power and Pedagogies - Hilary JanksNationalism, Identity and Popular Culture - Alastair PennycookLANGUAGE AND SOCIETYEnglish as an International Language - Sandra Lee McKayMultilingualism and Codeswitching in Education - Nkonko M. KamwangamaluLanguage Policy and Planning - Joseph Lo BiancoLANGUAGE AND VARIATIONStyle and Styling - Jurgen JaspersCritical Language Awareness - H. Samy Alim Pidgins and Creoles - Jeff SiegelLANGUAGE AND LITERACYCross-cultural Perspectives on Writing: Contrastive Rhetoric - Ryuko KubotaSociolinguistics, Language Teaching and New Literacy Studies - Brian Street and Constant LeungMultimodal Literacy in Language Classrooms - Viniti Vaish and Phillip A. Towndrow LANGUAGE AND IDENTITYLanguage and Identity - Bonny NortonGender Identities in Language Education - Christina HigginsLanguage and Ethnicity - Angela ReyesLanguage Socialization - Patricia A. DuffLANGUAGE AND INTERACTIONLanguage and Culture - Gabriele Kasper and Makoto OmoriConversation Analysis - Jack Sidnell Classroom Discourse Analysis: A Focus on Communicative Repertoires - Betsy RymesLANGUAGE AND EDUCATIONLanguage and Education: A Limpopo Lens - Nancy H. Hornberger
About the author
Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Recent three-time Fulbright Senior Specialist, to Paraguay, New Zealand, and South Africa respectively, Hornberger teaches, lectures, and advises on multilingualism and education throughout the world and has authored or edited over two dozen books, including most recently Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages? Policy and Practice on Four Continents (Palgrave Macmillan 2008), and the ten-volume Encyclopedia of Language and Education (Springer 2008).
Sandra McKay is Professor Emeritus of English at San Francisco State University. Her books include Teaching English as an International Language: Rethinking Goals and Approaches (2002, OUP) and Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching (edited with Nancy Hornberger, 1996, CUP). Her newest book is International English in its Sociolinguistic Contexts: Towards a Socially Sensitive Pedagogy (with Wendy Bokhorst-Heng, 2008, Frances Taylor). She has received Fulbright Grants, academic specialists awards and worked extensively in international teacher education in Asia, Africa, South America and Europe.
