Bilingualism for All?: Raciolinguistic Perspectives on Dual Language Education in the United States (Bilingual Education & Bilingualism): 125 - Softcover

Book 121 of 155: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism

Nelson Flores; Amelia Tseng; Nicholas Subtirelu

 
9781800410039: Bilingualism for All?: Raciolinguistic Perspectives on Dual Language Education in the United States (Bilingual Education & Bilingualism): 125

Synopsis

Calls into question the progressive and socially transformative nature of dual language education in the US and demonstrates the ways that the system often maintains and even exacerbates existing racial hierarchies

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About the Author

Nelson Flores is Associate Professor of Educational Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, USA. His current projects seek to apply a raciolinguistic perspective to bilingual education in the United States. Amelia Tseng is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Spanish in World Languages and Cultures at American University, USA and holds a Research Associate appointment at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage. Her research centers on multilingual repertoires, race and ethnicity, and identity construction in immigrant and diasporic communities. Nicholas Subtirelu is Assistant Professor of Applied Linguistics at Georgetown University, USA. His recent research looks at how bilingualism is constructed as a commodity and the implications this has for racial economic justice in language education.

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9781800410046: Bilingualism for All?: Raciolinguistic Perspectives on Dual Language Education in the United States (Bilingual Education & Bilingualism): 125

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ISBN 10:  1800410042 ISBN 13:  9781800410046
Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 2020
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