Critical Perspectives of the Language Gap

ISBN-13: 9780367586669 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 90 str.

Eric J. Johnson

Opis

The contributing authors in this book contest the original concept of a "language-gap" as well as the recent swell of academic research and public programs that it has produced.　 The chapters interrogate the linguistic, academic, cultural, and social implications of the "language-gap" by providing critical accounts grounded in the scholarly disc

Spis treści

Introduction: Introducing the Language Gap  1. Exposing Gaps in/Between Discourses of Linguistic Deficits  2. Unseen WEIRD Assumptions: The So-Called Language Gap Discourse and Ideologies of Language, Childhood, and Learning   3. Meaning-Less Differences: Exposing Fallacies and Flaws in “The Word Gap” Hypothesis That Conceal a Dangerous “Language Trap” for Low-Income American Families and Their Children  4. Interrogating the Language Gap of Young Bilingual and Bidialectal Students  5. (Re)Categorizing Language-Minority Literacies in Restrictive Educational Contexts

O autorze

Eric J. Johnson is currently Associate Professor of Bilingual Education at Washington State University Tri-Cities, Richland, USA. His research focus involves ethnographic approaches to language minority programs and policies in public schools. His publications span a variety of topics involving language policy and planning, immigrant communities, parent and community engagement, bilingual education, and Hispanic-serving institutions. Dr. Johnson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses related to teacher preparation, including the theoretical foundations of bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) education, teaching methods for bilingual/ESL education, sociolinguistics, and diversity in education.