James Crawford

Broschiertes Buch

Advocating for English Learners

Selected Essays

Beschreibung

This book addresses the policy and politics of educating English language learners in the US. It covers demographic change and its educational implications, responses to language diversity, public controversies over bilingual education, high-stakes testing and its impact on English language learners and the uncertain status of language rights.

Autor

James Crawford is president of the Institute for Language and Education Policy (www.elladvocates.org), a nonprofit research and advocacy organization. His recent books include English Learners in American Classrooms: 101 Questions, 101 Answers (coauthored with Stephen Krashen); At War with Diversity: US Language Policy in an Age of Anxiety; and Educating English Learners: Language Diversity in the Classroom (5th ed). Previously, he served as Washington editor of Education Week and executive director of the National Association for Bilingual Education.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 208mm x 145mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 386g
• ISBN-13: 9781847690722
• ISBN-10: 1847690726
• Artikelnr.: 23457958