Advocating for English Learners: Selected Essays
- ISBN-10
- 1847690726
- ISBN-13
- 9781847690722
- Series
- Advocating for English Learners
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 193
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters
- Author
- James Crawford
Description
A collection of 18 essays addressing the policy and politics of educating English language learners. Subjects include demographic change and its educational implications, American responses to language diversity, public controversies over bilingual education, high-stakes testing and its impact on English language learners, and the precarious status of language rights in the USA.
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