Advocating for English learners : selected essays /: selected essays. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James Crawford.
• Other Names: Crawford, James, 1949-
• Contents: Introduction -- Making sense of Census 2000 -- Monolingual and proud of it -- Heritage languages in America : tapping a 'hidden' resource -- Plus ça change -- Concern or intolerance : what's driving the anti-bilingual campaign? -- The bilingual education story : why can't the news media get it right? -- Ten common fallacies about bilingual education -- Agenda for inaction -- 'Accountability' vs. science in the bilingual education debate -- Hard sell : why is bilingual education so unpopular with the American public? -- Has two-way been oversold? -- Surviving the English-only assault : public attitudes and the future of language education -- Official English legislation : bad for civil rights, bad for America's interests, and even bad for English -- The Bilingual Education Act, 1968-2002 : an obituary -- No child left behind : misguided approach to school accountability for English language learners -- A diminished vision of civil rights -- The decline of bilingual education in the USA : how to reverse a troubling trend? -- Loose ends in a tattered fabric : the inconsistency of language rights in the USA.
• Publisher Details: Clevedon Buffalo : Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 193 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 428.2/4; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- English as a Second Language; Enseignement des langues; Langues étrangères; Education; Education, Bilingual; Education -- Political aspects; English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General; LANGUAGE TEACHING & LEARNING (OTHER THAN ELT); Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Education, Bilingual -- United States; English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers; Education -- Political aspects -- United States; Etats-Unis d'Amérique; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847690746; 1847690742; 6611878505; 9786611878504
• Related ISBNs: 1847690734; 1847690726; 9781847690739; 9781847690722
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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