Chapter 1. Discourses of Linguistic Exceptionalism and Linguistic Diversity in Education

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Contributors ix
5. Chapter 1. Discourses of Linguistic Exceptionalism and Linguistic Diversity in Education 1
6. Part 1: Language and Education in Africa
7. Introduction 25
8. Chapter 2. African Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity: Implications for Language Policy and Education 32
9. Chapter 3. Language in Education in Africa: Can Monolingual Policies Work in Multilingual Societies? 48
10. Chapter 4. Perspectives, Challenges and Prospects of African Languages in Education: A Case Study of Kiswahili in Tanzania 64
11. Chapter 5. Languages, Literacies and Libraries: A View from Africa 80
12. Chapter 6. Street Setswana vs. School Setswana: Language Policies and the Forging of Identities in South African Classrooms 96
13. Part 2: Language and Education in the Diaspora
14. Introduction 119
15. Chapter 7. Creole Exceptionalism and the (Mis)Education of the Creole Speaker 124
16. Chapter 8. Political and Cultural Dimensions of Creole as a Regional Language in the French Antilles 145
17. Chapter 9. Success or Failure? Language, Tracking and Social Stratification of Anglophone Caribbean Students 162
18. Chapter 10. Sierra Leonean and Liberian Students in ESL Programs in the US: The Role of Creole English 178
19. Chapter 11. Continued Marginalization: The Social Cost of Exceptionalism for African Refugee Learners of English 199
20. Chapter 12. Linguistic Profiling, Education and the Law within and beyond the African Diaspora 214
21. Chapter 13. On Shallow Grammar: African American English and the Critique of Exceptionalism 231
22. Chapter 14. African American English and the Public Interest 249
23. Chapter 15. Rockin' the Classroom: Using Hip Hop as an Educational Tool 270
24. Index 287