Power, prestige, and bilingualism : international perspectives on elite bilingual education / / Anne-Marie de Mejia

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910823255803321
• Autore: De Mejia Anne-Marie <1948->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Buffalo, N.Y., : Multilingual Matters, c2002
• ISBN: 1-280-82805-6; 9786610828050; 9781853595921; 1-85359-592-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (339 p.)
• Collana: Bilingual education and bilingualism ; ; 35
• Disciplina: 370.117/5
• Soggetti: Education, Bilingual; Upper class - Education; Elite (Social sciences)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 304-318) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Elite Bilingualism as a World-wide Phenomenon -- Chapter 2. Definitions and Distinctions -- Chapter 3. Elite Bilingualism as a Sociocultural Phenomenon -- Chapter 4. Teaching and Learning in Elite Bilingual Classrooms -- Chapter 5. Relationships and Participants in Elite Bilingual Educational Processes -- Chapter 6. Research Traditions and Trends, Partnerships and Empowerment in Elite Bilingual Educational Contexts -- Chapter 7. Africa: Multilingualism, Vernaculars, Intra- and International Languages -- Chapter 8. South America: From Provision for Expatriates to Bilingual Education for Host Country Nationals -- Chapter 9. Asia: ‘Languages of the Head and Languages of the Heart’ -- Chapter 10. Europe: Prestige Languages and International Communication -- Chapter 11. Oceania: Immersion in Languages Other than English -- Chapter 12. The Discourse of Elite Bilingual Education: A Critical Analysis -- Chapter 13. Common Problem Areas in the Practice of Bilingual Pedagogy in Elite Educational Contexts -- Chapter 14. Conclusions and Future Perspectives on Practice and Research in Elite Bilingual Education -- ; References -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book describes a particular type of educational provision referred to as ‘elite’ or ‘prestigious’ bilingual education, which caters mainly for upwardly mobile, highly educated, higher socio-economic status learners of two or more internationally useful languages. The development of different types of elite bilingual or multilingual educational provision is discussed and an argument is made for the need to study bilingual education in majority as well as in minority contexts.