Language diversity in the classroom - Edwards, John, 1947 Dec. 3- (Bristol ; Multilingual Matters, 2010)
Introduction -- Discourse analysis and its discontents -- Disadvantage : a brief overview -- Disadvantage : the genetic case -- Disadvantage : the environmental case -- The language debate -- The persistence of linguistic deficit -- Evaluative reactions to the language of disadvantage -- Black English as Ebonics --'Foreign' languages in the classroom -- Multiculturalism and multicultural education -- Bilingualism : a very brief overview -- Bilingual education -- A concluding statement.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-334) and index.
Keywords: Education, Bilingual -- United States; Languages in contact -- United States; Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States; English language -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Foreign speakers; Teaching -- Social aspects -- United States