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Language, cultural pluralism and the silencing of minority discourses in England and Wales
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The authors locates the ethnic minority language issue within the broader context of national language policy within the pluralist nation-state, and draws on ethnographic case-study material obtained in interviews within one school and LEA, and analyses the extent to which education policy concerns nationally have shifted school priorities in terms of educational provision for second language learners.Abstract:
This paper locates the ethnic minority language issue within the broader context of national language policy within the pluralist nation‐state. It is divided into three sections. Section one provides an historical overview of the second language ‘debate’ in England and Wales during the past three decades and discusses it within the absence of a coherent national language policy framework. Section two draws on ethnographic case‐study material obtained in interviews within one school and LEA, and analyses the extent to which, during the last decade, education policy concerns nationally have shifted school priorities in terms of educational provision for second language learners. Section three draws on key issues related to the potential social exclusion of the ethnic minority groups identified in the previous sections. These are discussed within the context of changing migration patterns globally. The dilemmas facing definitions of citizenship within the framework of the projected cultural, economi...read more
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Bilingualism or Not: The Education of Minorities
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Interaction in Complementary School Contexts: Developing Identities of Choice – An Introduction
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TL;DR: The papers collected here are based on those presented at a colloquium entitled Interaction in Complementary School Contexts: Developing Identities of Choice at the Sociolinguistics Symposium 15 in Newcastle, April 2004 as discussed by the authors.
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Postmodernity, cultural pluralism and the nation-state: Problems of language rights, human rights, identity and power
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Sustaining linguistic diversity within the global cultural economy: issues of language rights and linguistic possibilities
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Professional development for staff working in multilingual schools
TL;DR: Systems of pre- and in-service teacher education need to equip teachers to cope with multilingual/multicultural classrooms and become efficient agents for developing the language of schooling; systems of continuing professional development for principals and other school staff need to provide information that helps these actors to perform their roles in an appropriately supportive way.
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Location of Culture
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The Location of Culture
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There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack
TL;DR: There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack as discussed by the authors is a classic book about race relations in Britain that is still dynamite today and as relevant as ever, this Routledge Classics edition includes a new introduction by the author.
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'There ain't no black in the Union Jack' : the cultural politics of race and nation
TL;DR: Gilroy demonstrates that cultural traditions are not static, but develop, grow and indeed mutate, as they influence and are influenced by the other changing traditions around them as mentioned in this paper... An important addition to the stock of critical works on race and culture.