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Foreign language policy : an agenda for change / by Lambert, Richard D.(CARDINAL)129584; American Academy of Political and Social Science.(CARDINAL)139407;
Includes bibliographical references.Foreign language instruction: a comparative perspective / Rune Bergentoft -- Planning foreign language teaching in a small country / Theo J.M. van Els -- Problems and processes in U.S. foreign language planning / Richard D. Lambert -- The empirical evidence of foreign language study / Clifford Adelman -- Intervention strategies in foreign language planning / Sarah Jane Moore -- State and local policy on the study of world languages / June K. Phillips -- The value of speaking a LOTE in U.S. business / Ofelia Garcia and Ricardo Otheguy -- Some issues in language policy for higher education / Richard D. Lambert -- Foreign languages on the campus: room for improvement / S. Frederick Starr --Foreign language policy in U.S. secondary schools: who decides? / Myriam Met -- Elementary school foreign language programs in the United States / Christine L. Brown -- Foreign language policy and teacher education / Diane W. Birckbichler -- National strategic planning in the less commonly taught languages / Richard D. Brecht and A. Ronald Walton -- Policy issues in foreign language and study abroad / Richard D. Brecht and A. Ronald Walton -- Policy issues in testing and evaluation / Bernard Spolsky.
Subjects: Language and languages;
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Language of the gun : youth, crime, and public policy / by Harcourt, Bernard E.,1963-(CARDINAL)276086;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-269) and index.Catalina Mountain School, Tucson, Arizona -- A road map of the Catalina interviews -- Symbolic dimensions and primary meanings -- Three clusters of primary meanings -- Placing the clusters in practice contexts -- The sensual, moral, and political dimensions of guns -- Sartre and the phenomenological gaze -- Lévi-Strauss and the structural map -- Bourdieu and practice theory -- Butler and the performative -- Embracing the paradigm of dirty hands -- A genealogy of the youth gun field -- The landscape of law and public policy -- Leaps of faith in Levitt and Bourgois -- Making ethical choices in law and public policy.
Subjects: Catalina Mountain School.; Juvenile delinquents; Firearms; Youth and violence.; Firearms and crime.; Firearms ownership; Gun control; Social sciences;
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The rise of English : global politics and the power of language / by Salomone, Rosemary C.,Author(DLC)n 78010671 ;
The English divide -- Multilingual Europe. Myth or reality? -- A high-stakes movement -- Shakespeare in the crossfire -- Headwinds from the North -- Shadows of colonialism. The "new scramble" for Africa -- Adieu to French -- Redress and transformation -- Confronting the Raj -- Defying the monolingual mindset. Defining the deficit -- Reframing the narrative -- A revolution in the making -- Marketing language -- Looking back, moving forward."Is English a bridge or a barrier to economic advancement and social mobility as it spreads worldwide? To what extent do domestic and global politics determine those outcomes? Who are the winners, losers, and resisters? How are France and China using the "soft power" of language to overtake English and to what ends? What role do globalization, a knowledge-based economy, and neoliberalism play in these developments? Using education as its lens, this book critically unpacks these and related questions in a sweeping journey across four continents through diverse political and historical settings. It begins in Europe with the European Union and its promotion of multilingualism, and with controversies over English-taught courses and programs in universities in the name of internationalization. It then moves to the post-colonial world where disputes over English in the schools reveal longstanding grievances and the inequities of historically rooted and politically motivated language policies, and where French is losing its hold to English in some former French-speaking colonies. It finally shifts to the United States where state and local officials and grassroots organizers are addressing the "foreign language deficit" and initiating programs that promote multilingualism. Drawing on a vast store of interdisciplinary research, interviews, court decisions, political commentary, literature, and popular culture from across the globe and in multiple languages, the book makes the case for a common global language (English for now) as a core component of multilingualism in a world that is growing smaller, more diverse, and more politically uncertain by the nanosecond"--.
Subjects: English language; English language; English language; Language and education.; Language policy.;
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The language of thieves : my family's obsession with a secret code the Nazis tried to eliminate / by Puchner, Martin,1969-author.(CARDINAL)348311;
"Tracking an underground language from one family's obsession to the outcasts who spoke it in order to survive. Centuries ago in middle Europe, a coded language appeared, scrawled in graffiti and spoken only by people who were "wiz" (in the know)-vagrantsand refugees, merchants and thieves. This hybrid language was rich in expressions for police, jail, or experiencing trouble, such as "being in a pickle." And beginning with Martin Luther, German Protestants who disliked its speakers wanted to stamp it out. The Nazis hated it most of all. As a boy, Martin Puchner learned this secret language through his father and uncle. Only as an adult did he discover, through a poisonous 1930s tract on Jewish names, that his own grandfather, an historian and archivist,had been a committed Nazi who hated everything his sons and grandsons loved about "the language of thieves." Interweaving family memoir with scholarship and an adventurous foray into the politics of language, Puchner crafts an entirely original journey narrative. In a language born of migration and hybridity, he discovers a witty and resourceful spirit of tolerance that remains essential today"--Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index.Introduction: Language Games -- Camouflage Names -- The Book of Vagrants -- A Picture Comes into View -- The Rotwelsch Inheritance -- The King of the Tramps -- The Farmer and the Judge -- An Attic in Prague -- When Jesus Spoke Rotwelsch -- Igpay Atinlay for Adults -- The Story of an Archivist -- Judgment at Hikels-Mokum -- Error-Spangled Banner -- Your Grandfather Would Have Been Proud of You -- Rotwelsch in America -- The Laughter of a Yenish Chief.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Puchner, Martin, 1969-; Puchner, Martin, 1969-; German language; Cant; Thieves; Tramps; Language policy; College teachers;
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Immigration policy / by Allport, Alan,1970-(CARDINAL)668339; Ferguson, John E.(CARDINAL)484435;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-141) and index.Introduction : a scene from American life -- Point : the United States should crack down harder on illegal immigrants -- Counterpoint : the key to stopping illegal immigration is to reform the law, not to punish people -- Point : too much legal immigration is damaging America's economy and society -- Counterpoint : immigrants are a vital economic and social asset to the United States -- Point : English should be the official language of the United States -- Counterpoint : it is unnecessary to have an official language -- Point : the United States should construct physical barriers on the southern border to stem the tide of illegal immigration -- Counterpoint : physical barriers on the US southern border will not solve illegal immigration problems -- Conclusion : the future of immigration policy.
Subjects: English language; English-only movement; Language policy;
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English in America [sound recording] : a linguistic history / by Schilling, Natalie.; Teaching Company.(CARDINAL)349444;
Guidebook includes bibliographical references (pages 98-106).Lecturer, Professor Natalie Schilling, Georgetown University.Trace the history of the English language from the first settlers of Jamestown to our modern era of migration, globalization, and Internet communication.Compact discs.
Subjects: Lectures.; Audiobooks.; English language; English language;
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Hispanics, challenges and opportunities : a look at the demographic, economic, social, and political situation of Hispanics in the United States today, and at the Ford Foundation's initiatives to address the needs and impact of this growing population. by Ford Foundation.(CARDINAL)143028;
Bibliographical references included in "Notes" : pages 65-68.Hispanic diversity -- Problems and issues: Culture, language, and assimilation ; Sociopolitical strains ; Political participation -- Program responses: Research and policy analysis ; Public information and awareness ; Puerto Rico.
Subjects: Hispanic Americans.;
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The Balkans in our time. by Wolff, Robert Lee.(CARDINAL)139527;
"Useful works in Western languages": pages 588-596. Bibliographical footnotes.Before 1939 -- Since 1939.
Subjects: Communism;
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The political mind : why you can't understand 21st-century politics with an 18th-century brain / by Lakoff, George.(CARDINAL)510238;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : brain change and social change -- How the brain shapes the political mind -- Anna Nicole on the brain -- The political unconscious -- The brain's role in family values -- The brain's role in political ideologies -- Political challenges for the twenty-first-century mind -- A new consciousness -- Traumatic ideas : the War on Terror -- Framing reality : privateering -- Fear of framing -- Confronting stereotypes : sons of the welfare queen -- Aim above the bad apples -- Cognitive policy -- Contested concepts everywhere -- The technical is the political -- Exploring the political brain -- The problem of self-interest -- The metaphors defining rational action -- Why hawks win -- The brain's language -- Language in the new enlightenment -- Afterword : what if it works? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.In What's the Matter with Kansas?, Thomas Frank pointed out that a great number of Americans actually vote against their own interests. In The Political Mind, George Lakoff explains why.
Subjects: Liberalism; Progressivism (United States politics); Political culture; Conservatism; Communication in politics; Thought and thinking.;
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LC romanization tables and cataloging policies / by Tseng, Sally C.(CARDINAL)269090; Tseng, David C.(CARDINAL)286057; Tseng, Linda C.,1970-(CARDINAL)286056; Library of Congress.Processing Services.Cataloging service bulletin.; Library of Congress.Processing Services.Cataloging service.;
Subjects: Cataloging of foreign language publications.; Chinese language; Slavic languages; Southeast Asian literature; Descriptive cataloging;
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