Bernard Spolsky

Randall L. Jones

Testing Language Proficiency

This is the first Handbook to deal with language policy as a whole and is a complete 'state-of-the-field' survey, covering language practices, beliefs about language varieties, and methods and agencies for language management. It will be welcomed by students, researchers and language professionals in linguistics, education and politics.

The Cambridge Handbook of Language Policy

Robert Leon Cooper

Frontiers of Bilingual Education

Introduction to a General Theory

Conditions for Second Language Learning

Jews spent over two thousand years in exile. Although Hebrew remained a sacred and literary language, it formed part of a repertoire which included Jewish varieties of the local language. With the return to Israel, Hebrew was revernacularized. This article traces the sociolinguistic effects of exile and return to the homeland.

The Languages of Diaspora and Return

Francis M. Hult

The Handbook of Educational Linguistics is a dynamic, scientifically grounded overview revealing the complexity of this growing field while remaining accessible for students, researchers, language educators, curriculum developers, and educational policy makers. A single volume overview of educational linguistics, written by leading specialists in its many relevant fields Takes into account the diverse theoretical foundations, core themes, major findings, and practical applications of educational linguistics Highlights the multidisciplinary reach of educational linguistics Reflects the complexity of this growing field, whilst remaining accessible to a wide audience

The Handbook of Educational Linguistics

A general theory of second language learning - Knowing a language - Knowing how to use a language - Structures and functions - Measuring knowledge of a second language - The psycholinguistic basis - Ability and personality - The linguistic basic - The social context - Attitudes and motivation - Opportunities for second language learning - Formal instruction - Testing the model - The form of a general theory.

Language Policy

Ofra Inbar-Lourie

Michal Tannenbaum

Addressing a wide range of issues in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and multilingualism, this volume focuses on language users, the ‘people.’ Making creative connections between existing scholarship in language policy and contemporary theory and research in other social sciences, authors from around the world offer new critical perspectives for analyzing language phenomena and language theories, suggesting new meeting points among language users and language policy makers, norms, and traditions in diverse cultural, geographical, and historical contexts. Identifying and expanding on previously neglected aspects of language studies, the book is inspired by the work of Elana Shohamy, whose critical view and innovative work on a broad spectrum of key topics in applied linguistics has influenced many scholars in the field to think “out of the box” and to reconsider some basic commonly held understandings, specifically with regard to the impact of language and languaging on individual language users rather than on the masses.

Making Space for People

Challenges for Language Education and Policy

Professor of English Bernard Spolsky

A brief but comprehensive introduction to sociolinguistics, the study of ways in which groups of people use language. It makes links with related disciplines such as history, politics and gender studies.

Sociolinguistics

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The Language Education of Minority Children

This book was the first book to present a specific theory of language management.

Bernard Spolsky

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