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Relanguaging language from a South African township school / Lara-Stephanie Krause.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Krause, Lara-Stephanie, 1989- author.
- Series:
- New perspectives on language and education ; 99.
- New perspectives on language and education ; 99
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Study and teaching--South Africa.
- English language.
- Multilingualism--South Africa.
- Multilingualism.
- Translanguaging (Linguistics).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (250 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol, England : Multilingual Matters, 2022.
- Summary:
- Using data from a long-term ethnographic study of English language classrooms in a South African township, this book conceptualises language teaching not as a progression from one fixed language to another, but as a circular sorting process between linguistic heterogeneity (languaging) and homogeneity (a standard language).
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Relanguaging language towards an alternative perspective
- A linguistic ethnography for seeing more
- An eagle learning to fly and an analyst learning to see
- Complexities around uing and testing in Khayelitsha
- Rewriting nomolanguages
- Conclusion - So what?.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781800412149
- 1800412142
- 9781800412132
- 1800412134
- OCLC:
- 1291506735
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