Language Diversity and Education

By David Corson

This introductory text for students of linguistics, language, and education provides background and up-to-date information and resources that beginning researchers need for studying language diversity...

Published October 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Linguistics for L2 Teachers

By Larry Andrews

Linguistics for L2 Teachers is designed to help bilingual and ESL teachers better understand how and why the English language works, and to broaden their...

Published October 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Effective Programs for Latino Students

Edited by Robert E. Slavin, Margarita Calder¢n, Margarita Calderon

Latino (or Hispanic) children are one of the fastest-growing groups in U.S. schools today. On average, these students perform worse than Anglo students on measures...

Published September 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Contrastive Rhetoric Revisited and Redefined

Edited by Clayann Gilliam Panetta

The theory of contrastive rhetoric was first put forth by Robert Kaplan in the mid 1960s to explain the differences in writing and discourse between...

Published September 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Foreign Language and Mother Tongue

By Istvan Kecskes, T�nde Papp, Tunde Papp

This is the first book that discusses the effect of foreign language learning on first language processing. The authors argue that multilingual development is a...

Published June 1st 2000 by Psychology Press.

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Second and Foreign Language Learning Through Classroom Interaction

Edited by Joan Kelly 5/15 Hall, Lorrie Stoops Verplaetse

This volume brings together the current theoretical interest in reconceptualizing second and foreign language learning from a sociocultural perspective on language and learning, with practical...

Published June 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Rights to Language

Equity, Power, and Education

Edited by Robert Phillipson

Rights to Language: Equity, Power, and Education brings together cutting-edge scholarship in language, education, and society from all parts of the world. Celebrating the 60th...

Published May 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Puerto Rican Students in U.s. Schools

Edited by Sonia Nieto

This volume--the first edited book on the education of Puerto Ricans written primarily by Puerto Rican authors--focuses on the history and experiences of Puerto Rican...

Published April 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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Handbook of Undergraduate Second Language Education

Edited by Judith W. Rosenthal

This volume offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date description of the wide array of second language programs currently available to undergraduate students in the United States...

Published April 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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The Universal Right to Education

Justification, Definition, and Guidelines

By Joel Spring

In this book, Joel Spring offers a powerful and closely reasoned justification and definition for the universal right to education--applicable to all cultures--as provided for...

Published March 1st 2000 by Routledge.

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