The languages of Africa and the diaspora educating for language awareness /

• Other Authors: Kleifgen, Jo Anne., Bond, George C.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol, UK ; Buffalo, NY : Multilingual Matters, c2009.
• Series: New perspectives on language and education.
• Subjects: Language and education.; Language policy.; Blacks > Languages.; Linguistic minorities.; Language awareness.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Alphabets & Writing Systems.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary

Examines the social cost of linguistic exceptionalism for the education of speakers of nondominant/subordinated languages in the African diaspora. This title takes the languages of Africa, the Caribbean, and the US as cases in point to illustrate the effects of exceptionalist beliefs that these lang...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements; Contributors; Chapter 1 Discourses of Linguistic Exceptionalism and Linguistic Diversity in Education; Part 1 Language and Education in Africa; Introduction; Chapter 2 African Perspectives on Linguistic Diversity: Implications for Language Policy and Education; Chapter 3 Language in Education in Africa: Can Monolingual Policies Work in Multilingual Societies?; Chapter 4 Perspectives, Challenges and Prospects of African Languages in Education: A Case Study of Kiswahili in Tanzania; Chapter 5 Languages, Literacies and Libraries: A View from Africa.