Transcending monolingualism : linguistic revitalisation in education / / edited by Leena Huss, Antoinette Camilleri Grima and Kendall A. King

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464826003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• ISBN: 1-134-38082-8; 1-315-07816-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Collana: Multilingualism and Linguistic Diversity, , 1568-1645 ; ; 2
• Altri autori (Persone): HussLeena Marjatta; CamilleriAntoinette; KingKendall A. <1969->
• Disciplina: 418/.0071
• Soggetti: Language revival; Language and languages - Study and teaching; Multilingualism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published 2003 by Swets & Zeitlinger Publishers.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series editor's foreword; Linguistic revitalisation in education: An introduction; 1. Linguistic rights; Minority rights in education: International rules and trends; Life or death for languages and human beings - Experiences from Saamiland; 2. Planning language acquisition at school; "Do as I say, not as I do." Legitimate language in bilingual Malta!; Possibilities for educational language choice in multilingual Guinea-Bissau; Revitalisation through immersion - A new road to Sorbian languagemaintenance?; Linguistic revitalisation in Karelia: Pre-school, school and higher educationThe impact of Norwegian language policy at the micro-level: Saami language maintenance and school-based revitalisation; The role of Kurdish children's literature for language maintenance; 3. Pedagogies and practices of linguistic revitalisation; Language pedagogy and language revitalisation: Experiences from theEcuadorian Andes and beyond; From apartheid to democracy: The role of linguistic practices in schools; Borderlands of identity - Revitalising language and ; cultural knowledge ina Navajo community living apart; "We'll have to take it back!" Reclaiming Meänkieli in a Tornedalian school in Sweden4. Social, political, and cultural contexts of linguistic revitalisation in education; Changing borders, changing identities: Language and school in the bilingualregion of Carinthia; Linguistic revitalisation in the Faroes: From vernacular towards national status; Mother tongue education for revitalising a vigorous language? The case ofMonguor, a minority language in China; Contributors; Indices
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume describes a wide range of educational situations where linguistic revitalization is currently taking place.