Paradox of Bilingualism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Richard Ruiz and His Legacy xiii
4. Acknowledgments xxv
5. Part 1: Language Planning
6. ‘Language Planning is Social Planning’: Reflections on the Language Planning Contributions of Richard Ruiz 3
7. Orientations in Language Planning 13
8. Official Languages and Language Planning 33
9. Language Planning Considerations in Indigenous Communities 59
10. Threat Inversion and Language Policy in the United States 67
11. English Language Planning and Transethnifi cation in the USA 77
12. Part 2: Bilingual Education
13. Richard Ruiz and Bilingual Education 95
14. Language Teaching in American Education: Impact on Second- Language Learning 100
15. Bilingual Education 179
16. Paradox of Bilingualism 182
17. The Knowledge Base of Bilingual Education 191
18. Part 3: Language Fun
19. Taking ‘Language Fun’ Seriously 205
20. The Parable of the Pigs A Story in the Development of US Bilingual Education Policy 212
21. Jesus Was Bilingual 213
22. The Ontological Status of Burritos 219
23. Part 4: Language Minority Education
24. Introductory Reflection 229
25. Ethnic Group Interests and the Social Good: Law and Language in Education 237
26. The Empowerment of Language- Minority Students 259
27. Asymmetrical Worlds: The Representation of the Ethnic in Public Discourse 270
28. The Educational Sovereignty of Latino/a Students in the United States 275
29. Part 5: Perspectives on Language Planning Orientations and Language Threat Inversion
30. Language Ideologies and Bilingual Realities: The Case of Coral Way 301
31. Language Orientations in Guatemala: Toward Language as Resource? 316
32. ‘Language as Catalyst’: Exploring the Role of Linguistic Landscapes in the Framework of Richard Ruiz’s ‘Orientations in Language Planning’ 338
33. Threat Inversion and Language Maintenance in Puerto Rico and Aruba 355
34. Part 6: Communities as Linguistic Resources Across the Americas: A Symposium of Essays
35. Language, Voice and Empowerment Frameworks 383
36. Indigenous Youth Language Resources, Educational Sovereignty and Praxis: Connecting a New Body of Language Planning Research to the Work of Richard Ruiz 396
37. The Missing Voices in Colombia Bilingue: The Case of E˘be˘ra Children’s Schooling in Bogotá, Colombia 431
38. Learning About Linguistic Resources Through Home Engagements: Opportunities for Latina Preservice Teachers to Shape Their Language Orientations 459
39. Afterword: Richard Ruiz 472
40. Contributors 477
41. Ruiz CV 2015 483
42. Index 502