Challenges for Language Education and Policy by Bernard Spolsky

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Addressing a wide range of issues in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and multilingualism and offering new critical perspectives, this volume focuses on language users, the ‘people.’  The book is inspired by the work of Elana Shohamy.

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Challenges for Language Education and Policy by Bernard Spolsky

Addressing a wide range of issues in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, and multilingualism and offering new critical perspectives, this volume focuses on language users, the people. The book is inspired by the work of Elana Shohamy.

“Valuable for specialists and general readers alike, this extraordinary collection illuminates the personal and social origins and implications of real-life language policies with a level of authority, insight, and specificity not found elsewhereIt connects language policies to the aspirations, benefits, challenges, and tensions experienced by language managers and learners around the world.”
Mary McGroarty, Northern Arizona University, USA

Bernard Spolsky is Professor Emeritus of English at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.

Ofra Inbar-Lourie is head of the Teachers’ Education Unit of Tel Aviv University, School of Education, Israel.

Michal Tannenbaum is a Senior Lecturer and the head of the Language Education Program at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

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ISBN 13 9780415711890
ISBN 10 0415711894
Title Challenges for Language Education and Policy
Author Bernard Spolsky
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Routledge
Year published 2014-07-25
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.