Full Description
This volume presents a multinational perspective on the juxtaposition of language and politics. Bringing together an international group of authors, it offers theoretical and historical constructs on bilingualism and bilingual education. It highlights the sociocultural complexities of bilingualism in societies where indigenous and other languages coexist with colonial dominant and other prestigious immigrant languages. It underlines the linguistic diaspora and expansion of English as the world's lingua franca and their impact on indigenous and other minority languages. Finally, it features models of language teaching and teacher education.
This book challenges the existent global conditions of non-dominant languages and furthers the discourse on language politics and policies. It does so by pointing out the need to change the bilingual/multilingual educational paradigm across nations and all levels of educational systems.
Contents
Introduction.- Part I: The Politics of Bilingual Education.- Mexico's Politics, Policies and Practices for Bilingual Education and English as a Foreign Language in Primary Public Schools; José Luis Ramírez-Romero, Ernesto Vargas-Gil.- Languages in Nigeria's Educational Sector: Issues, Challenges and Perspectives; Bobby Ojose.- Bilingual Education Policies in Colombia: Seeking Relevant and Sustainable Frameworks for Meaningful Minority Inclusion; Raúl Alberto Mora, Tatiana Chiquito, Julián David Zapata.- Part II: Teacher Preparation.- A Comparative Study of Bilingual Teacher Preparation Programs in California and Spain; Laura Alonso, Gemma Delicado, Francisco Ramos.- Politics and Policies Affecting Bilingual Teacher Preparation Practices in United States: A Tale of Two Programs; B. Gloria Guzmán Johannessen, Nilsa J. Thorsos, Gail Dickinson.- Part III: Culture Preservation and Identity.- Multilingual Education in Kenya: Implications for Culture Preservation and Transmission; Samuel K. Bore.- Puerto Rico's Cultural and Linguistic Realities: Search for National, Social, and Individual Identities; Nilsa J. Torsos.- Dual Language Teachers: An Exploration of Teachers' Linguistic Identities and Pedagogy in a U.S.-Mexico Frontera Dual Language Program; Brenda Oriana Aranda.- Part IV: Education of Language Minorities Populations.- Intercultural Bilingual Education in the Miskito Cost of Nicaragua; David C. Edgerton, B Gloria Guzmán Johannessen.- Is Globalization Revitalizing Indigenous and Minority Languages in Chile? Isabel Bustamante-López.- Part V: Bilingual Education at a Time of Crisis.- Saving the Children: The Challenges of Educating Refugee Youth; Aram Ayalon, Michal Ayalon.- Cambodia's Emerging Bilingual Education Programs - Success in a System in Crisis; Gail Dickinson.
