Framed within global debates in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, she examines the case of historically white schools in South Africa, a post-colonial context where political power has shifted but where the power of whiteness continues, to provide new insights into the complex relationships between language and power, and language and subjectivity. Implications for language curricula and policy in contexts of linguistic diversity are foregrounded.
Providing an accessible overview of the scholarly literature on language ideologies and language as social practice and resource in multilingual contexts, Language And Power In Post-Colonial Schooling uses the conceptual tools it presents to analyze classroom interaction and ethnographic observations from the day-to-day life in case study schools and explores implications of both the research literature and the analyses of students' and teachers' discourses and practices for language in education policy and curriculum.
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Framed within global debates in sociolinguistics and applied linguistics, she examines the case of historically white schools in South Africa, a post-colonial context where political power has shifted but where the power of whiteness continues, to provide new insights into the complex relationships between language and power, and language and subjectivity. Implications for language curricula and policy in contexts of linguistic diversity are foregrounded.
Providing an accessible overview of the scholarly literature on language ideologies and language as social practice and resource in multilingual contexts, Language And Power In Post-Colonial Schooling uses the conceptual tools it presents to analyze classroom interaction and ethnographic observations from the day-to-day life in case study schools and explores implications of both the research literature and the analyses of students' and teachers' discourses and practices for language in education policy and curriculum.
Imprint | Routledge |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Series | Language, Culture, and Teaching Series |
Release date | August 2016 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2017 |
Authors | Carolyn McKinney |
Dimensions | 228 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 177 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-84407-0 |
Barcode | 9781138844070 |
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LSN | 1-138-84407-1 |