Bilingual Education and Social ChangeA general introduction to bilingualism, bilingual education, and minority education in the United States, and an ethnographic/discourse analytic study of how one successful dual-language programme challenges mainstream US educational progammes that discriminate against minority students and the languages they speak. Implications for research practice and practice in other school and community contexts are emphasized. |
Contents
Societal Discourses Surrounding Bilingual Education in the United | 32 |
The Example | 58 |
What are the norms that structure the classroom discourse? | 64 |
Coconstructing Social Identities Through Discourse | 71 |
Recognizing and Refusing Discriminatory Discourses | 78 |
Its Like a Community That Crosses Language Cultural | 123 |
What is parental involvement? | 139 |
Conclusion | 147 |
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