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Languages in America
A Pluralist View
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Susan J Dicker
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English
Published/Copyright:
2003
About this book
This book is a response to the debate centring on the languages which immigrants bring with them and presents an argument for language diversity in the US. It tackles common misconceptions about second-language learning, reveals the nativist roots of the official-English movement and describes how other countries nurture language pluralism.
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Susan J. Dicker was born in New York City of multilingual immigrant parents and, growing up, regularly heard Italian, Yiddish and Spanish at home. She holds Masters of Arts degrees in Spanish and TESOL and an Ed.D. in Applied Linguistics. She is Associate Professor of English at Hostos Community College, The City University of New York, in the ethnically diverse borough of the Bronx. Her articles on language pluralism appear in The Bilingual Review/La Revista Bilingüe, The Educational Forum, The Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, The Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, and Education and Society.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1. Language and Identity
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2. The Melting-Pot Mythology
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3. Common Misconceptions About Language Learning
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4. Languages in the Schools
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5. The Modern Official-English Movement
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6. Challenges to Language Restrictionism
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7. Lessons in Multilingualism Beyond the United States
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8. The Possibilities of a Pluralistic, Multilingual America
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Epilogue
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References
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Index
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October 2, 2003
eBook ISBN:
9781853596537
Edition:
2nd edition
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