Bilingual Education and Social Change

Rebecca Freeman

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Bilingual Education and Social Change

Rebecca Freeman

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1998

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Volume 14 | Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

About this book

This book provides a case study of dual-language planning and implementation at a Spanish-English public elementary school program in Washington, DC. It demonstrates how this program provides more opportunities to language minority and language majority students than are traditionally available in mainstream US schools.

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Linguistics and Semiotics Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines General Linguistics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	III
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
CHAPTER 1. Bilingual Education and Social Change: ‘It's Much More Than Language’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
CHAPTER 2. Societal Discourses Surrounding Bilingual Education in the United States: A Historical Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	32
CHAPTER 3. Schools as Cultural Communication Systems:The Example of Mainstream US Educational Discourse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	58
CHAPTER 4. The Discursive Construction of Oyster Bilingual School: A Framework for Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	84
CHAPTER 5. The Need for an Alternative: The Oyster Perspective Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	100
CHAPTER 6. ‘It's Like a Community that Crosses Language, Cultural, and Class Lines’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	123
CHAPTER 7. Learning and Teaching at Oyster Bilingual School Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	150
CHAPTER 8. A Focus on Inclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	167
CHAPTER 9. Micro-level Classroom Interaction: A Reflection of the Macro-level Struggle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	193
CHAPTER 10. Gaining the Right to Participate: A Classroom Analysis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	211
CHAPTER 11. Beyond Oyster Bilingual School: Implications for Research and Practice Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	233
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	249
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	258

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October 18, 1998

eBook ISBN:

9781800417977

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272

https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800417977

eBook ISBN: 9781800417977

Keywords for this book

Sociology; Multicultural education; Bilingualism & multilingualism

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College/higher education;

Bilingual Education and Social Change

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