Bilingual Learners and Social Equity
Author | : Ruth Harman |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2017-08-13 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783319609539 |
ISBN-13 | : 331960953X |
Rating | : 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This volume explores how educators conceptualized and implemented critical approaches to systemic functional linguistics that support bilingual students in appropriating and challenging dominant knowledge domains in K-16 contexts. The researchers exhibit a shared commitment to enacting a culturally sustaining SFL praxis that validates multilingual meaning making, pushes against social inequity, and fosters creative re-mixing of available semiotic resources. It should prove a valuable resource for students, teachers and researchers interested in applied linguistics, education and critical theory.