Bilingual Education and Social Change

A general introduction to bilingualism, bilingual education, and minority education in the United States, and an ethnographic/discourse analytic study of how one "successful" dual-language programme challenges mainstream US educational progammes that discriminate against minority students and the languages they speak. Implications for research practice and practice in other school and community contexts are emphasized.

List of contents

Bilingual education and social change - "It's much more than language"; societal discourses surrounding bilingual education in the United States - a historical perspective; school as cultural communication system - the example of mainstream US educational discourse; the discursive construction of Oyster bilingual school - a framework for analysis; the need for alternative - the Oyster perspective; "It's like a community that crosses language, cultural and class lines"; learning and teaching at Oyster bilingual school; a focus on inclusion; micro-level classroom interaction - a reflection of the macro-level struggle; gaining the right to participate - a classroom analysis; beyond Oyster bilingual school - implications for research and practice.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Freeman, Rebecca D. Freeman, Richard Freeman
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.1998
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 187 mm x 247 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 494 g
• Series: Bilingual Education and Biling; Bilingual Education and Biling
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology