TY - BOOK AU - Edwards,John TI - Language diversity in the classroom T2 - Bilingual education & bilingualism SN - 9781847692269 (hbk.) PY - 2010/// CY - Bristol PB - Multilingual Matters KW - Education, Bilingual KW - United States KW - Languages in contact KW - Children with social disabilities KW - Education KW - English language KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Teaching KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-334) and index; 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 ER -