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title | : | Language Policies in Education : Critical Issues |
author | : | Tollefson, James W. |
publisher | : | Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. |
isbn10 | asin | : | 0805836004 |
print isbn13 | : | 9780805836004 |
ebook isbn13 | : | 9780585385679 |
language | : | English |
subject | Language and education, Language policy, Language planning. |
publication date | : | 2002 |
lcc | : | P40.8.L369 2002eb |
ddc | : | 306.44/9 |
subject | : | Language and education, Language policy, Language planning. |
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Language Policies in Education
Critical Issues
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Language Policies in Education
Critical Issues
Edited by
James W. Tollefson
Department of English
University of Washington
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Language policies in education : critical issues / edited by James W. Tollefson.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Critical issues in educational language policy / James W.
TollefsonEvolving influences on educational language policies / Mary
McGroartyAccessing language rights in education : a brief history of the U.S.
context / Terrence G. WileyReflections on language policy in Canada / Barbara
BurnabyLanguage policy and docile bodies : Hong Kong and governmentality /
Alastair PennycookWho will guard the guardians themselves? : national interest
versus factional corruption in policy making for ESL in Australia / Helen
MooreLanguage planning and the perils of ideological solipsism / Thomas S.
DonahueMinority language politics in north India / Selma K. SonntagLanguage
rights and the destruction of Yugoslavia / James W. TollefsonLanguage policy in
modern Japanese education / Florian CoulmasLanguage education and foreign
relations in Vietnam / Sue WrightLanguage planning in Korea / Sook Kyung Jung
and Bonny NortonThe English language in African education / Alamin M.
MazruiBetween possibility and constraint : indigenous language education,
planning, and policy in the United States / Teresa L. McCartyThe critical villager :
transforming language and education in Solomon Islands / David Welchman Gegeo
and Karen Ann Watson-GegeoLooking outward / James W. Tollefson.
ISBN 0-8058-3600-4 (alk. paper)ISBN 0-8058-3601-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Language and education. 2. Language policy. 3. Language planning.
I. Tollefson, James W.
P40.8 .L369 2002
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Contents
Preface | ix |
List of Contributors | xiii |
Part I Overviews | |
Introduction: Critical Issues in Educational Language Policy | |
James W. Tollefson |
Evolving Influences on Educational Language Policies | |
Mary McGroarty |
Part II Competing Agendas | |
Accessing Language Rights in Education: A Brief History of the U.S. Context | |
Terrence G. Wiley |
Reflections on Language Policies in Canada: Three Examples | |
Barbara Burnaby |
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Part III Language Policy and Governance | |
Language Policy and Docile Bodies: Hong Kong and Governmentality | |
Alastair Pennycook |
Who Will Guard the Guardians Themselves? National Interest versus Factional Corruption in Policymaking for ESL in Australia | |
Helen Moore |
Language Planning and the Perils of Ideological Solipsism | |
Thomas S. Donahue |
Part IV Managing Language Conflict | |
Minority Language Politics in North India | |
Selma K. Sonntag |
Language Rights and the Destruction of Yugoslavia | |
James W. Tollefson |
Part V Language and Global Relations | |
Language Policy in Modern Japanese Education | |
Florian Coulmas |
Language Education and Foreign Relations in Vietnam | |
Sue Wright |
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Language Planning in Korea: The New Elementary English Program | |
Sook Kyung Jung and Bonny Norton |
The English Language in African Education: Dependency and Decolonization | |
Alamin M. Mazrui |
Part VI Critical Pedagogy and Social Change | |
Between Possibility and Constraint: Indigenous Language Education, Planning, and Policy in the United States | |
Teresa L. McCarty |
The Critical Villager: Transforming Language and Education in Solomon Islands | |
David Welchman Gegeo and Karen Ann Watson-Gegeo |
Conclusion: Looking Outward |
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