Forked Tongue - The Politics of Bilingual Education

Informationen zum Autor Rosalie Porter Klappentext Today children who are not fluent in English-legal and illegal immigrants, refugees, and native born-are the fastest growing portion of our population, accounting for more than half the children in classrooms in many city schools Zusammenfassung Today children who are not fluent in English—legal and illegal immigrants, refugees, and native born—are the fastest growing portion of our population, accounting for more than half the children in classrooms in many city schools Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Firsthand Experience in Educating Language Minorities; 2: Confronting the Political Power of the Bilingual Bureaucracy; 3: Reassessing the Assumptions Underlying Twenty Years of Bilingual Education; 4: Learning from Other Multilingual Societies; 5: The Fresh Breeze of Innovation in U.S. Alternative Programs; 6: Beyond Bilingual Education: Language Policy, CulturalPluralism, and Nationhood; 7: Political Extremes Intensify the Language Debate; 8: Decisions for the Future; Epilogue

Product details

• Authors: Rosalie Porter, Rosalie Pedalino Porter, Porter Rosalie Pedalino
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.1996
• EAN: 9781560008811
• ISBN: 978-1-56000-881-1
• No. of pages: 361
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 241 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Special Education / General, Teaching of students with different educational needs