TY - BOOK AU - Spolsky,Bernard AU - Cooper,Robert L. AU - Shohamy,Elana Goldberg AU - Walters,Joel TI - New perspectives and issues in educational language policy: a festschrift for Bernard Dov Spolsky SN - 9789027298515 (electronic bk.) AV - P40.8 .N48 2001eb U1 - 306.44/9 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Amsterdam, Philadelphia PB - J. Benjamins Pub. Co. KW - Language and education KW - Language policy KW - Langage et éducation KW - Politique linguistique KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Linguistics KW - Sociolinguistics KW - bisacsh KW - Taalonderwijs KW - gtt KW - Taalpolitiek KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; New Perspectives and Issues in Educational Language Policy; Editorial page; LCC page; Table of contents; Spolsky 's educational linguistics; Part I. Language teaching, language learning, and literacy; The monolingual teaching and bilingual learning of English; Literacy: The extension of languages through other means; Bilingual processing strategies in the social context of an undergraduate immersion program; Part II. Language testing in educational contexts; Some construct validity issues in interpreting scores from performance assessments of language ability N2 - This formidable selection of papers reflects the psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic underpinnings of the interface between language and education. Following an introduction that positions the field of educational linguistics historically and conceptually, the volume presents 15 contributions by leading scholars that cover the four areas most central to the field:- Language teaching, language learning and literacy (Widdowson, Bialistok, Cohen & Allison);- Language testing (Bachman, Davies, and Shohamy);- Multilingualism, minority languages and language planning (Bratt-Paulston, Fishman, Lambe UR - http://148.231.10.114:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&an=253402 ER -