Language Policies in Education - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language Policies in Education write by James W. Tollefson. This book was released on 2013. Language Policies in Education available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This new edition of takes a fresh look at enduring questions at the heart of fundamental debates about the role of schools in society, the links between education and employment, and conflicts between linguistic minorities and "mainstream" populations.
Negotiating Language Policies in Schools
Negotiating Language Policies in Schools - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Negotiating Language Policies in Schools write by Kate Menken. This book was released on 2010-02-25. Negotiating Language Policies in Schools available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Educators are at the epicenter of language policy in education. This book explores how they interpret, negotiate, resist, and (re)create language policies in classrooms. Bridging the divide between policy and practice by analyzing their interconnectedness, it examines the negotiation of language education policies in schools around the world, focusing on educators’ central role in this complex and dynamic process. Each chapter shares findings from research conducted in specific school districts, schools, or classrooms around the world and then details how educators negotiate policy in these local contexts. Discussion questions are included in each chapter. A highlighted section provides practical suggestions and guiding principles for teachers who are negotiating language policies in their own schools.
English Learners Left Behind
English Learners Left Behind - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook English Learners Left Behind write by Kate Menken. This book was released on 2008-01-01. English Learners Left Behind available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores how high-stakes tests mandated by No Child Left Behind have become de facto language policy in U.S. schools, detailing how testing has shaped curriculum and instruction, and the myriad ways that tests are now a defining force in the daily lives of English Language Learners and the educators who serve them.
Language Policy in Schools
Language Policy in Schools - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Language Policy in Schools write by David Corson. This book was released on 1998-11-01. Language Policy in Schools available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Language Policy in Schools provides school administrators and teachers a practical approach for designing a language policy for their school and for dealing with the language issues that confront schools, particularly those operating in settings of linguistic and cultural diversity. It can be used as a text in teacher and administrator preparation programs, graduate programs, and in-service and professional development programs. Special features include: * a clear, jargon-free writing style that invites careful reading; * abundant examples that students of education everywhere can learn from--including samples of school language policies developed for real schools by real teacher-researchers; * questions at the end of each chapter to highlight key points and stimulate informed discussion among pre-service and experienced teachers and administrators; and * an up-to-date international and cross-cultural biography.
The Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy
The Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy write by Bernard Spolsky. This book was released on 2012-03. The Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is the first Handbook to deal with language policy as a whole and is a complete 'state-of-the-field' survey, covering language practices, beliefs about language varieties, and methods and agencies for language management. It will be welcomed by students, researchers and language professionals in linguistics, education and politics.
