TY - BOOK AU - Edwards,John TI - Language diversity in the classroom T2 - Bilingual education & bilingualism SN - 9781847692269 AV - LC3731 .E49 2010 U1 - 370.117/50973 22 PY - 0000/// CY - Bristol, Buffalo PB - Multilingual Matters KW - Education, Bilingual KW - United States KW - Languages in contact KW - Children with social disabilities KW - Education KW - English language KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Teaching KW - Social aspects KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-334) and index; Introduction -- Discourse analysis and its discontents -- Disadvantage : a brief overview -- Disadvantage : the genetic case -- Disadvantage : the environmental case -- The language debate -- The persistence of linguistic deficit -- Evaluative reactions to the language of disadvantage -- Black English as Ebonics -- 'Foreign' languages in the classroom -- Multiculturalism and multicultural education -- Bilingualism : a very brief overview -- Bilingual education -- A concluding statement ER -