Power prestige and bilingualism

Informationen zum Autor Anne-Marie de Mejía works in the Linguistics Department of the School of Language Sciences at Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia where she is currently co-ordinator of the Bilingualism Research Group. She obtained her Ph.D in Linguistics from Lancaster University (U.K.) in 1994. Her research interests include bilingual classroom interaction, the construction of bilingual curricula and processes of empowerment, and bilingual teacher development. Klappentext This book describes a particular type of educational provision referred to as 'elite' or 'prestigious' bilingual education. The development of different types of elite bilingual or multilingual educational provision is discussed and an argument is made for the need to study bilingual education in majority as well as in minority contexts.This casebook may get more attention today than ever before in its history. From the Russian invasion of Georgia to the on-going detentions at Guantanamo Bay, the use of suicide bombs, to the workings of the United Nations Security Council in a crisis like Darfur, some of the most pressing legal issues of the day are found in this branch of inte...

Product details

• Authors: Anne-Marie De Mej?a, Anne-Marie de Mejia, Anne-Marie de Mejía, Anne Marie De Majia, Anne-Marie De Mejia, Anne-Marie de Mejía
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2002
• EAN: 9781853595905
• ISBN: 978-1-85359-590-5
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 245 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Bilingual Education and Biling; Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education and Biling
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries