Language Diversity in the Classroom

This book provides comprehensive coverage of language contact in classroom settings. Particularly highlighted are the range and implications of attitudes towards languages and dialects, as well as broad consideration of the assumptions and intentions underpinning bilingual and multicultural education.

About the author

John Edwards is a Professor of Psychology at St Francis Xavier University. His research interests are in language, identity and the many ramifications of their relationship. He has lectured and presented papers on this topic in some thirty countries. Professor Edwards is the editor of the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. He is the author of several books including Language and Identity (Cambridge, 2009) and Un mundo de lenguas (Aresta, 2009) as well as many articles, chapters and reviews.

Product details

• Authors: John Edwards
• Publisher: Channel View Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.11.2009
• EAN: 9781847692269
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-226-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 211 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: Bilingual Education and Biling; Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education and Biling
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology