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• Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Education

  Language, Literacy, and Culture

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  In recent decades, the linguistic and cultural diversity of school populations in the United States and other industrialized countries has rapidly increased along with globalization processes. At the same time, schooling as it is currently…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Language Policy and Identity Construction

  The Dynamics of Cameroon's Multilingualism

  Anchimbe, Eric A.

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  The (dis)empowerment of languages through language policy in multilingual postcolonial communities often shapes speakers' identification with these languages, their attitude towards other languages in the community, and their choices in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Spreading the Word

  Language and Dialect in America

  McWhorter, John H.

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  The idea that there is one "best" English is so intuitively plausible and so relentlessly inculcated in us that it is only natural to attempt to uphold this "Standard" among our students. Our error is in thinking that anything that deviates from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Racialized Identities in Second Language Learning

  Speaking Blackness in Brazil

  Anya, Uju,

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  Racialized Identities in Second Language Learning: Speaking Blackness in Brazil provides a critical overview and original sociolinguistic analysis of the African American experience in second language learning. More broadly, this book introduces the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mogadishu on the Mississippi

  Language, Racialized Identity, and Education in a New Land

  Bigelow, Martha

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  Investigates the language learning, multiple literacy development, and schooling and community experiences of the Somali population in Minnesota - a community which is Muslim, refugee, and under-schooled Brings together five years of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• African American English and the Achievement Gap

  the Role of Dialectal Code-switching

  Craig, Holly K.,

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  This volume discusses dialectal code-switching from AAE to SAE and stresses the benefits and importance of African American students becoming bi-dialectal. It provides background theory and science supporting the most promising educational approach…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Teaching Reading to Black Adolescent Males

  Closing the Achievement Gap

  Tatum, Alfred W.

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  With an authentic and honest voice, Tatum bridges the connections among theory, instruction, and professional development to create a roadmap for better literacy achievement. He presents practical suggestions for providing reading strategy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Other People's English

  Code-meshing, Code-switching, and African American Literacy

  Young, Vershawn Ashanti

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  This book presents an empirically grounded argument for a new approach of teaching writing to diverse students in the English language arts classroom. Responding to advocates of the "code-switching" approach, four uniquely qualified authors make a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• African American, Creole and Other Vernacular Englishes in Education

  a Bibliographic Resource

  Rickford, John R., 1949-

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  More than 50 years of scholarly attention to the intersection of language and education have resulted in a rich body of literature on the role of vernacular language varieties in the classroom. This field of work can be bewildering in its size and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Language and Power

  the Implications of Language for Peace and Development

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  Language is a tool used to express thoughts, to hide thoughts or to hide lack of thoughts. It is often a means of domination. The question is who has the power to define the world around us. This book demonstrates how language is being manipulated…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Linguistic Human Rights and Language Policy in the Kenyan Education System

  Sure, Kembo

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  This research is aimed at identifying the linguistic and pedagogical challenges experienced by teachers and pupils in Kenyan primary schools where English is used as the medium of instruction from Standard Four. Specifically it is an analysis of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Language and Minority Rights

  Ethnicity, Nationalism and the Politics of Language

  May, Stephen, 1962-

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  Language and Minority Rights - a benchmark volume in the field of language rights and language policy - is an outstanding interdisciplinary analysis which draws together debates on language from widely different academic fields, including the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Voices of Authority

  Education and Linguistic Difference

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  This collection of case studies from around the world examines how struggles for equality unfold in policies, programs, and practices in educational settings in multilingual contexts. Using sociolinguistic, interactional and discourse analysis,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• In Translation

  Translators on Their Work and What It Means

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  The most comprehensive collection of perspectives on translation to date, this anthology features essays by some of the world's most skillful writers and translators, including Haruki Murakami, Alice Kaplan, Peter Cole, Eliot Weinberger, Forrest…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Language and Literacy in Uganda

  Towards a Sustainable Reading Culture

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  Uganda's linguistic situation is complex. These papers from two conferences at Makerere University present a coherent and current picture. The book is divided into five parts: an overview of language and literacy issues in both Ugandan and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Affirming Students' Right to Their Own Language

  Bridging Language Policies and Pedagogical Practices

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  From the Publisher: How can teachers make sound pedagogical decisions and advocate for educational policies that best serve the needs of students in today's diverse classrooms? What is the pedagogical value of providing culturally and linguistically…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Broken Language

  a Memoir

  Hudes, Quiara Alegría,

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  Quiara Alegría Hudes was the sharp-eyed girl on the stairs while her family danced their defiance in a tight North Philly kitchen. She was awed by her mother and aunts and cousins, but haunted by the unspoken, untold stories of the barrio--even as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Language

  the Cultural Tool

  Everett, Daniel L. (Daniel Leonard)

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  For years, the prevailing opinion among academics has been that language is embedded in our genes, existing as an innate and instinctual part of us. In this bold and provocative study, linguist Daniel Everett argues that, like other tools, language…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Indigenization of Language in the African Francophone Novel

  a New Literary Canon

  Vakunta, Peter W.

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  Indigenization of Language in the African Francophone Novel: A New Literary Canon discusses the question of indigenization in the African Francophone novel. Analyzing the prose narratives of Nazi Boni, Ahmadou Kourouma, and Patrice Nganang, this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Writing Around the World

  A Guide to Writing Across Cultures

  McCool, Matthew

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  Cultures use different writing strategies because they strive for different goals. Some cultures rely on writer responsibility while other cultures rely on reader responsibility. Writer responsibility emphasizes clear and concise prose, actions over…Read moreRead more of this annotation