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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450736303321

Autore

Adamson H. D (Hugh Douglas)

Titolo

Language minority students in American schools [[electronic resource] ] : an education in English / / H.D. Adamson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, c2005

ISBN

1-135-62603-0

1-282-59635-7

9786612596353

1-4106-1251-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Collana

ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series

Disciplina

428.3/4

Soggetti

Education, Bilingual - United States

Linguistic minorities - Education - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 234-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; 1 A Personal Introduction; 2 First and Second Language Acquisition; 3 Language Teaching; 4 Standard and Vernacular English; 5 Learning in a Second Language; 6 School and Family; 7 Bilingual Education; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses questions of language education in the United States, focusing on how to teach the 3.5 million students in American public schools who do not speak English as a native language. These students are at the center of a national debate about the right relationship among ESL, bilingual, and mainstream classes. Bilingual education has been banned by constitutional amendment in California and Arizona, and similar amendments are being considered in other states. Language Minority Students in American Schools: An Education in English places this debate and related issues of t