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Language Practices of Indigenous Children and Youth (eBook, PDF)

The Transition from Home to School

Redaktion: Wigglesworth, Gillian; Vaughan, Jill; Simpson, Jane

Beschreibung

Examines the linguistic challenges indigenous children and young adults face in the classroom

Analyses how schools correspond to the language ecology of the local community

Explores complex issues faced by students and teachers alike

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Autor

Gillian Wigglesworth is Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne, Australia, and Chief Investigator for the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language. She has worked extensively with Indigenous children growing up in remote communities in Australia, largely in the Northern Territory.  Jane Simpson is Professor of Indigenous Linguistics at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, and Deputy Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language. Her research focuses on the structure and use of several Australian Aboriginal languages (Warumungu, Kaurna and Warlpiri), as well as English. Jill Vaughan is a postdoctoral fellow at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Her work in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology is concerned with multilingualism, contact and variation in Indigenous languages of northern Australia, and language practices in the context of the Irish diaspora. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 417
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137601209
• Artikelnr.: 52936406