Language Policies and Dis-citizenship : Rights, Access, Pedagogies, Paperback...

Language Policies and Dis-citizenship : Rights, Access, Pedagogies, Paperback by Ramanathan, Vaidehi (EDT), ISBN 1783090189, ISBN-13 9781783090181, Like New Used, Free shipping in the USRamanathan (applied sociolinguistics, U. of California, Davis) brings together linguistics, education, and language scholars from the US and UK, who use 12 chapters to explore the concept of citizenship as a process of being able to participate fully, rather than a status that is inherited, acquired, or achieved, and how dis-citizenship occurs, keeping citizens from fully participating. Largely focusing on language, they examine the relationship between policies and citizenship in local contexts, considering language policies in Africa; the use of the term ?multilingual? to refer to ESL learners in US educational contexts; policies regarding Iraqi refugee resettlements; the language ideologies of English teachers in Chile; the ways multi-level marketing schemes like Amway provide a means for advancement for Latino youth, and related language policies; and what it means to be a citizen in Native America and the implications for language and education rights. The second section addresses language and pedagogies in a Sikh-inspired nursery in England, the experiences of teachers and learners in Australia, the meanings of citizenship in US citizenship classes, the loss of bilingual education programs in New York, and developing an English language program in remote rural areas where no English teachers live. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()