Mogadishu on the Mississippi

Language, Racialized Identity, and Education in a New Land

AvMartha H. Bigelow,Lourdes Ortega

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Del 3 i serien Language Learning Monograph

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Beskrivning

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

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-10-22
Mått:153 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt:281 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Language Learning Monograph
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781444338744

Utforska kategorier

Språkvetenskap och lingvistik inom Språk och ordböcker

Mer om författaren

Martha H. Bigelow is an Associate Professor in the Second Languages and Cultures Education program at the University of Minnesota. Most of her current research, teaching, and community engagement activities are focused on the language learning, academic success, and healthy cultural adaptation of immigrant and refugee youth. She has completed studies in the areas of second language acquisition, language teacher education, and immigrant education.

Innehållsförteckning

Series Editor’s Foreword. Acknowledgements.1. Engaged Scholarship in the Somali Communities of Minnesota.2. Orality and Literacy within the Somali Diaspora.3. Multilingualism and Multiliteracy among Somali Adolescent Girls.