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This volume on Ecology of Language presents chapters on ecologies of language , literacy and learning. The subject of language ecology is diversity within socio-political settings where the processes of language use create, reflect and challenge hierarchies and hegemonies. The volume covers the following topics: Historical and theoretical perspectives, language ecologies of selected countries and regions, focus on Asia, Australia, Africa, language ecologies of dispersed and diasporic communities, esp. Chinese, Malay, Moroccan, classroom language ecologies in multilingual contexts, language ecology of literacies, oracies and discourses. This is one of ten volumes of the Encyclopedia of Language and Education published by Springer. The Encyclopedia bears testimony to the dynamism and evolution of the language and education field, as it confronts the ever-burgeoning and irrepressible linguistic diversity and ongoing pressures and expectations placed on education around the world.
List of contents
General Editor's Introduction.- Introduction to Volume 9: Ecology of Language Contributors Reviewers.- Section 1: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives.- Section 2: Language Ecologies of Selected Countries and Regions.- Section 3: The Language Ecologies of Dispersed and Diasporic Communities.- Section 4: Classroom Language Ecologies.- Section 5: The Language Ecology of Literacies, Oracies, Discourses.- Subject Index.- Name Index.- Tables of Contents: Volumes 1-10.
About the author
Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hornberger's areas of specialization include language planning and policy; bilingualism, bilingual education and biliteracy; and the ethnography of communication.
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This volume on Ecology of Language presents chapters on ecologies of language , literacy and learning. The subject of language ecology is diversity within socio-political settings where the processes of language use create, reflect and challenge hierarchies and hegemonies. The volume covers the following topics: Historical and theoretical perspectives, language ecologies of selected countries and regions, focus on Asia, Australia, Africa, language ecologies of dispersed and diasporic communities, esp. Chinese, Malay, Moroccan, classroom language ecologies in multilingual contexts, language ecology of literacies, oracies and discourses. This is one of ten volumes of the Encyclopedia of Language and Education published by Springer. The Encyclopedia bears testimony to the dynamism and evolution of the language and education field, as it confronts the ever-burgeoning and irrepressible linguistic diversity and ongoing pressures and expectations placed on education around the world.
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From the reviews:
"Newcomers to the field can find a good summary of relevant research, as all the chapters are rich in references to previous studies of the problem." Dr. Anna Gonerko-Frej, Linguist, 22.3774.
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From the reviews:
"Newcomers to the field can find a good summary of relevant research, as all the chapters are rich in references to previous studies of the problem." Dr. Anna Gonerko-Frej, Linguist, 22.3774.
