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

• Autore: Adamson H. D (Hugh Douglas)
• Pubblicazione: Mahwah, N.J., : L. Erlbaum Associates, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (268 p.)
• Disciplina: 428.3/4
• Soggetto topico: Education, Bilingual - United States; Linguistic minorities - Education - United States
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Language minority students in American schools
• ISBN: 1-135-62603-0; 1-282-59635-7; 9786612596353; 1-4106-1251-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783698203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: ESL & Applied Linguistics Professional Series