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Tongue-Tied: The Lives of Multilingual Children in Public Education
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 370.117
EAN: 9780742523838
ISBN: 0742523837
Label: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Manufacturer: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 336
Publication Date: 2004-03
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Studio: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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Editorial Review:
Tongue-Tied is an anthology that gives voice to millions of people who, on a daily basis, are denied the opportunity to speak in their own language. First-person accounts by Amy Tan, Sherman Alexie, bell hooks, Richard Rodriguez, Maxine Hong Kingston and many other authors open windows onto the lives of linguistic minority students and their experience in coping in school and beyond. Selections from these writers are presented along accessible, abridged scholarly articles that assess the impact of language policies on the experiences and life opportunities of minority-language students. Vivid and unforgettable, the readings in Tongue-Tied are ideal for teaching and learning about American education and for spurring informed debate about the many factors that affect students and their lives. Visit our website for sample chapters!
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Rating:  - The silence of the teachers
This book begins with a fierce---and badly edited--- introduction by the anthologist, Otto Santa Ana, who asserts that "social institutions and empowered individuals coolly go about their day proscribing a large portion of our society from speaking their mind." However the anthology itself is surprisingly wide-ranging, incorporating excerpts from well known writers like Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan along with academic articles (mostly abridged) by linguists and educators on aspects of multicultural ... Read More
Rating:  - Tongue Tied
Excellent book. We use this book as the main textbook for our Language Acquisition, Structure and Use course at UCLA's Teacher Education Program. The students love it.
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