Mogadishu on the Mississippi : Language, Racialized Identity, and Education in a New Land Paperback / softback
by Martha H. (University of Minnesota, USA) Bigelow
Part of the Language Learning Monograph series
Paperback / softback
Description
Investigates the language learning, multiple literacy development, and schooling and community experiences of the Somali population in Minnesota - a community which is Muslim, refugee, and under-schooledBrings together five years of interdisciplinary research, drawing upon theories from the fields of applied linguistics, second language acquisition, education, and sociologyUses a range of epistemological frames to explore central and contemporary problems that tie language learning to racialized, religious, and gendered identitiesArgues for the centrality of socio-political contexts in language learning and for the integration of advocacy and research
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:22/10/2010
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- ISBN:9781444338744
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:22/10/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9781444338744
