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BL
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1044481
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b798851
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| Main Entry
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Crawford, James,1949-
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| Title & Author
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Advocating for English learners : : selected essays /\ James Crawford.
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| Publication Statement
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Clevedon ;Buffalo :: Multilingual Matters,, ©2008.
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| Series Statement
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Bilingual education and bilingualism ;; 69
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1 online resource (vi, 193 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1847690742
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: 6611878505
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: 9781847690746
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: 9786611878504
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1847690726
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1847690734
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9781847690722
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9781847690739
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-187) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Making sense of Census 2000 -- Monolingual and proud of it -- Heritage languages in America : tapping a 'hidden' resource -- Plus ça change -- Concern or intolerance : what's driving the anti-bilingual campaign? -- The bilingual education story : why can't the news media get it right? -- Ten common fallacies about bilingual education -- Agenda for inaction -- 'Accountability' vs. science in the bilingual education debate -- Hard sell : why is bilingual education so unpopular with the American public? -- Has two-way been oversold? -- Surviving the English-only assault : public attitudes and the future of language education -- Official English legislation : bad for civil rights, bad for America's interests, and even bad for English -- The Bilingual Education Act, 1968-2002 : an obituary -- No child left behind : misguided approach to school accountability for English language learners -- A diminished vision of civil rights -- The decline of bilingual education in the USA : how to reverse a troubling trend? -- Loose ends in a tattered fabric : the inconsistency of language rights in the USA.
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| Abstract
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A collection of 18 essays addressing the policy and politics of educating English language learners. It includes subjects such as demographic change and its educational implications, American responses to language diversity, public controversies over bilingual education, and high-stakes testing and its impact on English language learners.
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Education-- Political aspects-- United States.
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Education, Bilingual-- United States.
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English language-- Study and teaching-- Foreign speakers.
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Education-- Political aspects.
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Education, Bilingual.
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Education.
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English language-- Study and teaching-- Foreign speakers.
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Enseignement des langues.
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Ethnic minorities multicultural studies.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY-- English as a Second Language.
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LANGUAGE TEACHING LEARNING (OTHER THAN ELT)
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Langues étrangères.
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Etats-Unis d'Amérique.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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428.2/4
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| LC Classification
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LC3731.C728 2008eb
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