New Perspectives and Issues in Educational Language Policy

In honour of Bernard Dov Spolsky

Editors

Robert L. Cooper

| The Hebrew University

Elana Shohamy

| Tel Aviv University

Joel Walters

| Bar-Ilan University

Hardbound – Available

ISBN 9789027225610 (Eur) | EUR 115.00

ISBN 9781556198557 (USA) | USD 173.00

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This formidable selection of papers reflects the psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic underpinnings of the interface between language and education. Following an introduction that positions the field of educational linguistics historically and conceptually, the volume presents 15 contributions by leading scholars that cover the four areas most central to the field:
- Language teaching, language learning and literacy (Widdowson, Bialistok, Cohen & Allison);
- Language testing (Bachman, Davies, and Shohamy);
- Multilingualism, minority languages and language planning (Bratt-Paulston, Fishman, Lambert, Amara, de Bot & van Els);
- Language policy (Clyne, Tucker, Donato & Murday, McNamara & Lo Bianco, and Hornberger).
New Perspectives and Issues in Educational Language Policy is published in honour of Bernard Dov Spolsky and reflects his impact on applied linguistics in general and educational linguistics in particular. The breadth and coverage makes this an indispensable title for future research in the field of educational linguistics.

[Not in series, 104] 2001. vi, 307 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/z.104

Table of Contents

Spolsky’s educational linguistics Robert L. Cooper, Elana Shohamy and Joel Waters	1–4
Part I: Language teaching, language learning, and literacy	5
The monolingual teaching and bilingual learning of English Henry G. Widdowson	7–18
Literacy: The extension of languages through other means Ellen Bialystok	19–33
Bilingual processing strategies in the social context of an undergraduate immersion program Andrew D. Cohen and Kirk C. Allison	35–60
Part II: Language testing in educational contexts	61
Some construct validity issues in interpreting scores from performance assessments of language ability Lyle F. Bachman	63–90
What second language learners can tell us about the native speaker: Identifying and describing exceptions Alan Davies	91–112
The social responsibility of the language testers Elana Shohamy	113–130
Part III: Multilingualism, minority languages and language planning	131
Multilingualism and diglossia in Palestine in the first century of the common era: Some thoughts on historical sociolinguistics Christina Bratt Paulston	133–143
Introducing Khayem Zhitlovski Joshua A. Fishman †	145–154
Arab language education in the Hebrew state Muhammad Hasan Amara	155–170
Adult use and language choice in foreign language policy Richard D. Lambert	171–196
Linking levels in foreign language teaching through a common frame of reference Kees de Bot and Theo van Els	197–208
Part IV: Case studies in educational linguistics: Focus and policy	209
Micro language policy as a barometer of change: A university language policy as an example Michael Clyne	211–234
The genesis of a district-wide Spanish FLES program: A collaborative achievement G. Richard Tucker, Richard Donato and Kimmaree Murday	235–259
The distinctiveness of Applied Linguistics in Australia: A historical perspective Tim F. McNamara and Joseph Lo Bianco	261–269
Educational linguistics as a field: A view from Penn’s Program as it approaches its 25th anniversary Nancy H. Hornberger	271–297
Index	299–307

Cited by

Cited by 3 other publications

Boraie, Deena, Elizabeth Arrigoni & Jonah Moos

2017. In Applied Linguistics in the Middle East and North Africa [AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 15], ► pp. 227 ff.

Lam, Agnes S. L.

2007. The multi‐agent model of language choice: national planning and individual volition in China. Cambridge Journal of Education 37:1 ► pp. 67 ff.

Watt, Jonathan M.

2012. In The Handbook of Intercultural Discourse and Communication, ► pp. 482 ff.

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Subjects

Linguistics

Language teaching

Sociolinguistics and Dialectology

Language policy

Psycholinguistics

Language acquisition

BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics

BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General

U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 00063085 | Marc record