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© 1997

Encyclopedia of Language and Education

Language Policy and Political Issues in Education

  • Ruth Wodak
  • David Corson
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Part of the Encyclopedia of Language and Education book series (LANG, volume 1)

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Theoretical Issues

    1. Front Matter
      Pages xv-xv
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    2. Language Attitudes and Educational Policy
      Herbert Christ
      Pages 1-11
    3. Language Planning and Education
      Mark Fettes
      Pages 13-22
    4. Critical Applied Linguistics and Education
      Alastair Pennycook
      Pages 23-31
    5. Linguistic Discrimination in Educational Contexts
      John Baugh
      Pages 33-41
    6. Power and Teacher-Administrator Discourse
      Duncan Waite
      Pages 43-52

  3. Minorities and Education

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 53-53
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    2. Human Rights and Language Policy in Education
      Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
      Pages 55-65
    3. International Law and Education in a Minority Language
      W. K. Hastings
      Pages 67-76
    4. Language Policies for Indigenous Peoples
      David Corson
      Pages 77-87
    5. National Sign Languages and Language Policies
      Jan Branson, Don Miller
      Pages 89-98
    6. Non-Standard Varieties and Educational Policy
      David Corson
      Pages 99-109

  4. Specific Areas

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 111-111
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    2. Language Policies for a Multicultural Britain
      Naz Rassool
      Pages 113-126
    3. Language Policy and Education in Australia
      Michael Clyne
      Pages 127-135
    4. Language Policy and Education in the United States
      Thomas K. Ricento
      Pages 137-148
    5. Language Policy and Education in Canada
      Barbara Burnaby
      Pages 149-158
    6. Linguistic Policy and Education in Francophone Countries
      Sophie Babault, Claude Caitucoli
      Pages 159-167
    7. Language Policy and Education in South Africa
      Ute Smit
      Pages 169-178
    8. Language Policy and Education in the Indian Subcontinent
      Lachman M. Khubchandani
      Pages 179-187
    9. Language Policy and Education in New Zealand and the South Pacific
      Noel Watts
      Pages 189-197

  5. Practical and Empirical Issues

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 199-199
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    2. The Politics of English Language Teaching
      Robert Phillipson
      Pages 201-209
    3. Media in Education
      T. Van Leeuwen
      Pages 211-218
    4. Language Policy in Teacher Education
      Herbert Christ
      Pages 219-227
    5. School Language Policies
      Stephen A. May
      Pages 229-240
    6. Teaching Language and Power
      Hilary Janks
      Pages 241-251
  6. Back Matter
    Pages 253-281
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About this book

Keywords

discourse language acquisition language education language policy language teaching minority language minority languages sociology of language

Editors and affiliations

  • Ruth Wodak
    • 1
  • David Corson
    • 2
  1. 1.Department of LinguisticsUniversity of ViennaAustria
  2. 2.The Ontario Institute for Studies in EducationUniversity of TorontoCanada

Bibliographic information

  • Book Title Encyclopedia of Language and Education
  • Book Subtitle Language Policy and Political Issues in Education
  • Editors Ruth Wodak
    P. Corson
  • Series Title Encyclopedia of Language and Education
  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4538-1
  • Copyright Information Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997
  • Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
  • eBook Packages Springer Book Archive
  • Hardcover ISBN 978-0-7923-4713-2
  • Softcover ISBN 978-0-7923-4928-0
  • eBook ISBN 978-94-011-4538-1
  • Edition Number 1
  • Number of Pages , 304
  • Number of Illustrations 0 b/w illustrations, 0 illustrations in colour
  • Topics Education, general
    Applied Linguistics
    Psycholinguistics
    Sociolinguistics
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