The languages of Africa and the diaspora : educating for language awareness

Place:

Bristol|Buffalo

Publisher:

Multilingual Matters

Phys descriptions:

xv, 295 p. : ill.

Date published:

2009

Record type:

Book/Monograph

Region:

Africa

Editor:

Kleifgen, Jo Anne|Bond, George C

Subject:

LANGUAGE

EDUCATION

BLACK LANGUAGES

ISBN:

978-1-84769-133-0

Call No:

8:008(73)(=96) LAN

Abstract:

Examines the social cost of linguistic exceptionalism for the education of speakers of nondominant/subordinated languages in the African diaspora. This title takes 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.

Language:

English

Series:

New perspectives on language and education.

CITATION: . The languages of Africa and the diaspora : educating for language awareness edited by Kleifgen, Jo Anne|Bond, George C . Bristol|Buffalo : Multilingual Matters , 2009. - Available at: https://library.au.int/languages-africa-and-diaspora-educating-language-awareness-2