{"product_id":"democracy-and-world-language-education-timothy-reagan-9781648028397","title":"Democracy and World Language Education: Toward a Transformation","description":"This book challenges the reader to consider issues of language and linguistic discrimination as they impact world language education. Using the nexus of race, language, and education as a lens through which one can better understand the role of the world language education classroom as both a setting of oppression and as a potential setting for transformation, \u003cem\u003eDemocracy and World Language Education: Toward a Transformation \u003c\/em\u003eoffers insights into a number of important topics. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong the issues that are addressed in this timely book are linguicism, the ideology of linguistic legitimacy, raciolinguistics, and critical epistemology. Specific cases and case studies that are explored in detail include the contact language Spanglish, African American English, and American Sign Language. The book also includes critical examinations of the less commonly taught languages, the teaching of classical languages (primarily Latin and Greek), and the paradoxical learning and speaking of \"critical languages\" that are supported primarily for purposes of national security (Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Russian, etc.).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy Reagan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164802839X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781648028397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Information Age Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"Timothy Reagan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44181435220223,"sku":"9781648028397","price":99.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7302e5e0-a630-4529-a4a1-89255f548b88.jpg?v=1690260435","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democracy-and-world-language-education-timothy-reagan-9781648028397","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}