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Languages in America : A Pluralist View.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Bilingual Education and Bilingualism SeriesPublisher: Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (379 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781853596537
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Languages in AmericaDDC classification:
  • 404/.2/0973
LOC classification:
  • P115.5.U5D53 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Language and Identity -- Chapter 2 The Melting-Pot Mythology -- Chapter 3 Common Misconceptions About Language Learning -- Chapter 4 Languages in the Schools -- Chapter 5 The Modern Official-English Movement -- Chapter 6 Challenges to Language Restrictionism -- Chapter 7 Lessons in Multilingualism Beyond the United States -- Chapter 8 The Possibilities of a Pluralistic, Multilingual America -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.
Summary: This book is a response to the debate centring on the languages which immigrants bring with them and presents an argument for language diversity in the US. It tackles common misconceptions about second-language learning, reveals the nativist roots of the official-English movement and describes how other countries nurture language pluralism.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Language and Identity -- Chapter 2 The Melting-Pot Mythology -- Chapter 3 Common Misconceptions About Language Learning -- Chapter 4 Languages in the Schools -- Chapter 5 The Modern Official-English Movement -- Chapter 6 Challenges to Language Restrictionism -- Chapter 7 Lessons in Multilingualism Beyond the United States -- Chapter 8 The Possibilities of a Pluralistic, Multilingual America -- Epilogue -- References -- Index.

This book is a response to the debate centring on the languages which immigrants bring with them and presents an argument for language diversity in the US. It tackles common misconceptions about second-language learning, reveals the nativist roots of the official-English movement and describes how other countries nurture language pluralism.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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