Harnessing Linguistic Variation To Improve Education - Peter Lang Group AG

This Volume Brings Together Research Carried Out In A Variety Of Geographic And Linguistic Contexts Including Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, The Caribbean, Europe And The United States And Explores Efforts To Incorporate Linguistic Diversity Into Education And To 'harness' This Diversity For Learners' Benefit. It Challenges The Largely Anachronistic Ideology That Promotes Exclusive Use Of An Educational Monolingual Standard Variety And Advocates The Use In Formal Education Of Aboriginalindigenous Languages, Minority Languages, Nonstandard Varieties And Languages. The Contributors Examine Both Historical And Current Practices For Including Linguistic Diversity In Education By Considering Specific Bidialectal, Bilingual And Multilingual Educational Initiatives.