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Affirming language diversity in schools and society :

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9780415824828

0203370309

1135941971

9780203370308

9781135941970

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Affirming language diversity in schools and society :

[Book]

beyond linguistic apartheid /

edited by Pierre Wilbert Orelus

First edition

xvi, 293 pages ;

23 cm

Routledge research in education ;

112

Includes bibliographical references and index

Linguistic apartheid in the United States : from the colonial to the neocolonial era -- Beyond draconian language policies : affirming language diversity -- In defense of language rights of minorities : beyond English hegemony

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"Language is perhaps the most common issue that surfaces in debates over school reform, and plays a vital role in virtually everything we are involved. This edited volume will explore linguistic apartheid, or the disappearance of certain languages through cultural genocide by dominant European colonizers and American neoconservative groups. These groups have historically imposed hegemonic languages, such as English and French, on colonized people at the expense of the native languages of the latter. The book will trace this form of apartheid from the colonial era to the English-only movement in the United States, and will propose alternative ways to counter linguistic apartheid that minority groups and students have faced in schools and society at large. Contributors to this volume provide a historical overview of the way many languages labeled as inferior, minority, or simply savage have been attacked and pushed to the margins, discriminating against and attempting to silence the voice of those who spoke and continue to speak these languages. Further, they demonstrate the way and the extent to which such actions have affected the cultural life, learning process, identity, and the subjective and material conditions of linguistically and historically marginalized groups, including students."--

Language attrition

Language policy

Linguistic minorities-- Education

Multilingual education

Native language and education

Orelus, Pierre W

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