Bilingualism in schools and society : language, identity, and policy / Sarah J. Shin
- Author
- Shin, Sarah J., 1970-
- Published
- New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- Second edition.
- Physical Description
- xx, 271 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Facts and Myths about Bilingualism -- Introduction -- Myth #1 A Bilingual is Fully Proficient in Two Languages -- Myth #2 Immigrants are Reluctant to Learn English -- Myth #3 Children Need Early Exposure to a Second Language if They Are to Learn it Successfully -- Myth #4 Immigrant Parents should Speak the Societal Language with their Children at Home to Help Them Succeed in School -- Myth #5 High Dropout Rates of Hispanic Students in the U.S. Demonstrate the Failure of Bilingual Education -- Summary -- Further Reading -- Study Questions and Activities -- 2.Bilingualism in a Globalized World -- Introduction -- Opportunities and Challenges of Globalization -- Global Spread of English -- Global Flow #1 Transnational Migration---People in Search of a Better Life -- Global Flow #2 Popular Music---Cultural Hybridization -- Global Flow #3 Advertising---Selling Goods and Services in More than One Language -- Global Flow #4 The Internet---The Great Flattening Force -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Online and Video Resources -- Study Questions and Activities -- 3.The Politics of Bilingualism -- Introduction -- What is a Language? What is a Dialect? -- Language Diversity in the World -- Diglossia -- What Gives Rise to Bilingual Societies? -- Language Maintenance and Shift -- Incidence of Bi-/Multilingualism in Different Countries -- How Language Policy Affects Societal Bilingualism: Three Cases -- Summary -- Further Reading -- Online and Video Resources -- Study Questions and Activities -- 4.Heritage Language Education -- Introduction -- What is a Heritage Language? -- Heritage Language Education at the K-12 Level -- Foreign/Heritage Language Learning at Post-Secondary Institutions -- Promoting Heritage Languages: What Needs to be Done -- Further Reading -- Online and Video Resources -- Study Questions and Activities -- 5.Bilingualism and Identity -- Introduction -- Language Attitude and Ethnic Identity -- Ethnic Identity Development: a Model -- The Role of Heritage Language Proficiency in Identity Development -- Essentialist vs. Constructivist Views on Language and Identity: An Example -- Understanding the Social Contexts of Language Learning -- Education for Empowerment -- Summary -- Further Reading -- Online and Video Resources -- Study Questions and Activities -- 6.Social and Conversational Aspects of Code-Switching -- Introduction -- Revisiting Diglossia -- Conversational Code-Switching -- Using Code-Switching to Wield Power -- Code-Switching on the Internet -- Code-Switching in Popular Music -- Code-Switching in the Classroom -- Poststructuralist Views on Bilingual Speech -- Code-Meshing: Blending Standard and Vernacular Languages/Dialects in Hybrid Texts -- Summary -- Further Reading -- Study Questions and Activities -- 7.Educating English Learners -- Introduction -- The Growing English Learner Population -- Language Policy in the United States: A Historical Overview -- High-Stakes Testing and English Learners -- Academic Language Development of English Learners -- How should Academic Language be Taught? -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Online and Video Resources -- Study Questions and Activities -- 8.Educational Models that Promote Additive Bilingualism -- Introduction -- Canadian French Immersion -- European Schools -- Indigenous Language Immersion -- Development (Late-Exit) Bilingual Education -- Two-Way (Dual) Immersion -- Summary -- Further Reading -- Online and Video Resources -- Study Questions and Activities -- 9.Multilingual Families -- Introduction -- Simultaneous Bilingual Acquisition -- Successive Bilingual Acquisition -- Case Studies of Three Bilingual Families -- Birth Order Differences in Bilingual Development -- Resisting Language Shift -- Summary -- Further Reading -- Online and Video Resources -- Study Questions and Activities.
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- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781138691285 (hardback)
1138691283 (hardback)
9781138691292 (pbk.)
1138691291 (pbk.) - Note
- Previous edition published in 2013.
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 236-260) and indexes.
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