The languages of Africa and the diaspora : educating for language awareness / edited by Jo Anne Kleifgen and George C. Bond.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kleifgen, Jo Anne.

Bond, George C.

Series:

New perspectives on language and education.

New perspectives on language and education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and education.

Language policy.

Black people--Languages.

Black people.

Linguistic minorities.

Language awareness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Multilingual Matters, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the social cost of linguistic exceptionalism for the education of speakers of nondominant/subordinated languages in Africa and the African diaspora. The contributors take the languages of Africa, the Caribbean, and the US as cases in point to illustrate the effects of exceptionalist beliefs that these languages are inadequate for instructional purposes. They describe contravening movements toward various forms of linguistic diversity both inside and outside of school settings across these regions. Different theoretical lenses and a range of empirical data are brought to bear on investigating the role of these languages in educational policies and practices. Collectively, the chapters in this volume make the case for a comprehensive language awareness to remedy the myths of linguistic exceptionalism and to advance the affirmative dimensions of linguistic diversity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Chapter 1. Discourses of Linguistic Exceptionalism and Linguistic Diversity in Education

Introduction

Chapter 2. African Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity: Implications for Language Policy and Education

Chapter 3. Language in Education in Africa: Can Monolingual Policies Work in Multilingual Societies?

Chapter 4. Perspectives, Challenges and Prospects of African Languages in Education: A Case Study of Kiswahili in Tanzania

Chapter 5. Languages, Literacies and Libraries: A View from Africa

Chapter 6. Street Setswana vs. School Setswana: Language Policies and the Forging of Identities in South African Classrooms

Chapter 7. Creole Exceptionalism and the (Mis)Education of the Creole Speaker

Chapter 8. Political and Cultural Dimensions of Creole as a Regional Language in the French Antilles

Chapter 9. Success or Failure? Language, Tracking and Social Stratification of Anglophone Caribbean Students

Chapter 10. Sierra Leonean and Liberian Students in ESL Programs in the US: The Role of Creole English

Chapter 11. Continued Marginalization: The Social Cost of Exceptionalism for African Refugee Learners of English

Chapter 12. Linguistic Profiling, Education and the Law within and beyond the African Diaspora

Chapter 13. On Shallow Grammar: African American English and the Critique of Exceptionalism

Chapter 14. African American English and the Public Interest

Chapter 15. Rockin' the Classroom: Using Hip Hop as an Educational Tool

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78892-086-4

1-282-13578-3

9786612135781

1-84769-135-8

OCLC:

430328034