Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-334) and index
Introduction -- Discourse analysis and its discontents -- Disadvantage : a brief overview -- Disadvantage : the genetic case -- Disadvantage : the environmental case -- The language debate -- The persistence of linguistic deficit -- Evaluative reactions to the language of disadvantage -- Black English as Ebonics -- 'Foreign' languages in the classroom -- Multiculturalism and multicultural education -- Bilingualism : a very brief overview -- Bilingual education -- A concluding statement
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Children with social disabilities-- Education-- United States
Education, Bilingual-- United States
English language-- Study and teaching-- United States-- Foreign speakers