TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lapayese,Yvette V.
TI  - A humanizing dual language immersion education
T2  - Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390836
SN  - 9789004389724
AV  - P53.44 .L37 2019
U1  - 370.117/5 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill Sense
KW  - Immersion method (Language teaching)
KW  - Education, Bilingual
KW  - Second language acquisition
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Language and languages
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Being Human, Being Bilingual—A Human Right to Language -- Language as a Human Right -- Language Rights in the United States -- Bilingual Education as a Human Right -- A Humanizing Dual Language Immersion Education -- Intentionality -- Sustenance -- Imaginings -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Back Matter -- References
N2  - In every corner of the world, children are learning languages at home that differ from the dominant language used in their broader social world. These children arrive at school with a precious resource: their mother tongue. In the face of this resource and the possibility for biliteracy, majority language educational programs do nothing to support primary language competence. To counter monolingual education, there are significant albeit few initiatives around the world that provide formal support for children to continue to develop competence in their mother tongue, while also learning an additional language or languages. One such initiative is dual language immersion education (DLI). Interestingly, most (if not all) research on DLI programs focus on the effectiveness of bilingual education vis-à-vis academic access and achievement. The ideologies embedded in the research and guidelines for DLI education, albeit necessary and critical during the early days of DLI schooling, are disconnected from the present realities, epistemologies, and humanness of our bilingual youth. A Humanizing Dual Language Immersion Education envisions a framework informed by bilingual teachers and students who support biliteracy as a human right. Positioning bilingual education under a human rights framework addresses the basic right of our bi/multilingual youth to human dignity. Respect for the languages of persons belonging to different linguistic communities is essential for a just and democratic society. Given the centrality of language to our sense of who we are and where we fit in the broader world, a connection between linguistic human rights and bilingual education is essential
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004389724
ER  -