This multidisciplinary text shows how most indigenous and minority education contributes to linguistic genocide according to UN definitions. The author's starting point is that it is normal and desirable for people, groups, countries and schools to be multilingual and multicultural. She brings together a variety of theoretical concerns and research areas: linguistic human rights; minority and multilingual education; language ecology and threatened languages; the impact of linguistic imperialism and unequal power relations on ethnicity, linguistic and cultural competence, and identities....
This multidisciplinary text shows how most indigenous and minority education contributes to linguistic genocide according to UN definitions. The autho...
Naz Rassool (University of Reading) Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
This text discusses the complexities that surround literacy in the modern world. It examines prevailing definitions and views of literacy and evaluates these against the technological skills and knowledge demands of the information society. Within a world increasingly concerned about sustainable development, the book highlights the importance of multiliteracies and adequate levels of communicative competence in facilitating effective participation in the democractic process.
This text discusses the complexities that surround literacy in the modern world. It examines prevailing definitions and views of literacy and evaluate...
The principles for enabling children to become fully proficient multilinguals through schooling are well known. Even so, most indigenous/tribal, minority and marginalised children are not provided with appropriate mother-tongue-based multilingual education (MLE) that would enable them to succeed in school and society. In this book experts from around the world ask why this is, and show how it can be done. The book discusses general principles and challenges in depth and presents case studies from Canada and the USA, northern Europe, Peru, Africa, India, Nepal and elsewhere in Asia....
The principles for enabling children to become fully proficient multilinguals through schooling are well known. Even so, most indigenous/tribal, mi...
