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Language planning and education /

Offers a topical introduction to a resurgent academic discipline. This book explores the importance of language in issues of migration, globalisation, cultural diversity, nation-building, education and ethnic identity. It describes the emergence and evolution of language planning as an academic disc...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ferguson, Gibson
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006.
Series:Edinburgh textbooks in applied linguistics.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Series Editors' Preface; Author's Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: The discipline of language planning: a historical overview; Chapter 2: The practice of language planning: an overview of key concepts; Chapter 3: Educational and political dimensions of bilingual education: the case of the United States; Chapter 4: Minority languages and language revitalisation; Chapter 5: The global spread of English: cause, agency, effects and policy responses; Chapter 6: New Englishes and teaching models: the continuing debate.