This article reviews historical and contemporary policies, ideologies, and educational
prescriptions for language-minority students. It notes language and literacy policies …

Educating multilingual students is a great challenge for both teachers and parents in a
society in which English is the medium of schooling and of wider communication. Top‐down …

This text traces the history of English language spread from the 18th to the beginning of the
21st century, combining that with a study of its langauge change. It links linguistic and …

Bilingual education in the United States has been contested and reformulated within varying
historical, political, social, and economic contexts. Guided by three interrelated research …

Foreign language enrollments in the United States are experiencing a shift from the
traditional European foreign languages toward the less commonly taught languages …

Medium of instruction policies in education have considerable impact not only on the school
performance of students and the daily work of teachers, but also on various forms of social …

The purpose of this paper is to offer a tentative historiography of the emergence of one
language ideology, that of English as the one and only language of American national …

This book introduces readers to basic concepts of sociolinguistics with a focus on Spanish in
the US. The coverage goes beyond linguistics to examine the history and politics of Spanish …

The status of English as a global language is deeply divisive and hotly contested. The Local
Politics of Global English analyzes linguistic globalization in five countries that differ greatly …

This chapter addresses issues related to language diversity, policy, and politics within the
US context and notes recent trends and future projections. The first section takes as a point …