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Language Conflict in Educational Settings International Perspectives

310 Pages 5 Color & 14 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

310 Pages 5 Color & 14 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

310 Pages 5 Color & 14 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Language Conflict in Educational Settings: International Perspectives delves into the intriguing intersection of contact linguistics and education, a topic that has been relatively unexplored until now. With contributions from scholars across the globe, the book ventures into the realms of conflict linguistics in educational scenarios. Language contact, often fraught with internal and... Read more

Introduction: Why language contact leads to conflict and its relevance for education

Yliana V. Rodríguez and Adolfo Elizaincín

Part 1. How is linguistic diversity experienced and addressed in the classroom?

Chapter 1. Conflict-friendly centripetal forces in the Mauritian linguistic landscape

Shameem Oozeerally and Helina Hookoomsing

Chapter 2. Language conflict in multilingual classroom: A case study in a public school in the Kathmandu Valley

Bhim Lal Gautam and Prem Prasad Poudel

Chapter 3. Portuguese in primary schools on the Uruguay–Brazil border: Towards a teaching programme

Bárbara Garrido Sánchez-Andrade and Carla Custodio

Part 2. In which ways can linguistic policy and planning help or interfere in language conflict contexts?

Chapter 4.When monolingual meets plurilingual: Language ideologies in Brčko District's integrated education

Jelena Božović and Marija Runić

Chapter 5. Language in education and linguistic ideologies: A case study of media and policy discourse in Catalonia

Farah Ali

Chapter 6. Schools as a battlefield: New linguistic identities and their impact into educational settings in post-Yugoslav countries and abroad

Valentina Sileo

Chapter 7. Languages in conflict and conflicting identities: The Hong Kong case

Shui Duen Chan

Part 3. How is language maintained and revitalised in two opposite scenarios?

Chapter 8. Ckunza language policy and the tensions between the community and the State

Elizabeth Torrico-Ávila

Chapter 9. When the policy is to hide the conflict: Language politics and education in the Autonomous Community of Galicia

Gabino S. Vázquez-Grandío, Xaquín Loredo and Henrique Monteagudo

Part 4. To what extent do hierarchy and hegemony interfere with policy making and teaching practices?

Chapter 10. Examining educators’ attitudes towards language education in the case of Greek Muslim students of Western Thrace in Greece

Christina Maligkoudi

Chapter 11. The language challenge in English-medium instruction classroom in a multilingual setting: A case of an interdisciplinary programme in a Japanese university

Miki Shibata

Chapter 12. University students' attitudes towards multilingualism among ethnolinguistic communities in South Darfur

Dhahawi S. A. Garri and Abdel Rahim Hamid Mugaddam

Chapter 13. Spanish teaching in the Falklands: Can a dialect embody conflict?

Yliana V. Rodríguez and Adolfo Elizaincín