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This volume on Ecology of Language presents chapters on ecologies of language, literacy and learning. The subject of language ecology is diversity within socio-political settings where the processes of language use create, reflect and challenge hierarchies and hegemonies.
The volume covers the following topics: Historical and theoretical perspectives Language ecologies of selected countries and regions, focus on Asia, Australia, Africa Language ecologies of dispersed and diasporic communities, esp. Chinese, Malay, Moroccan Classroom language ecologies in multilingual contexts Language ecology of literacies, oracies and discourses
This is one of ten volumes of the Encyclopedia of Language and Education published by Springer. The Encyclopedia bears testimony to the dynamism and evolution of the language and education field, as it confronts the ever-burgeoning and irrepressible linguistic diversity and ongoing pressures and expectations placed on education around the world.

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General Editor´s Introduction / Nancy H. Hornberger.- Introduction to Volume 9: Ecology of Language / Angela Creese and Peter Martin.- Contributors.- Reviewers.- Section 1: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives.- 1. A Human Rights Perspective on Language Ecology / Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and Robert Phillipson.- 2. The Ecology of Language: Insight and Illusion / John Edwards

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Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Her interests include language planning and policy; bilingualism, bilingual education and biliteracy; and the ethnography of communication. Angela Creese is professor in Educational Linguistics at the University of Birmingham. Peter Martin, a leading authority on Asian languages and multilingual education, passed away in 2009.

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