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Language matters [electronic resource] : reflections on educational linguistics /

by Reagan, Timothy G; ProQuest (Firm).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Contemporary language education (Greenwich, Conn.): Publisher: Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., 2009Description: x, 256 p. : ill.ISBN: ; ; ; ; .Subject(s): Language and education | Electronic booksOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
The reality of language : positivism and the objectification of language -- The legitimacy of language : a critique of linguistic legitimacy -- The learning of language : epistemology and metaphorical models for language learning -- The teaching of language : the case of foreign language education in the United States -- Paideia redux : the case for the classical languages in U.S. schools -- The challenge of language minorities : linguistic diversity and the school -- The construction of language : interlinguistics and the case of Esperanto as an international auxiliary language -- Language planning and language policy : national and international perspectives -- Language matters : some concluding thoughts.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-256).

The reality of language : positivism and the objectification of language -- The legitimacy of language : a critique of linguistic legitimacy -- The learning of language : epistemology and metaphorical models for language learning -- The teaching of language : the case of foreign language education in the United States -- Paideia redux : the case for the classical languages in U.S. schools -- The challenge of language minorities : linguistic diversity and the school -- The construction of language : interlinguistics and the case of Esperanto as an international auxiliary language -- Language planning and language policy : national and international perspectives -- Language matters : some concluding thoughts.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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