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Peer reviewedEdwards, John – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1991
Discusses the multicultural education thrust to reduce illiteracy, as well as the linkage between language and identity. It is argued that encouraging literacy requires sensitivity to both roles of the tension between core knowledge and skills and the promotion of group values and culture. (60 references) (GLR)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Awareness, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedEdwards, John – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1994
Discusses tensions resulting from dichotomies existing between "smaller" languages and those of wider communications. It is suggested that there are four recurring approaches for dealing with this tension: communicative language shift, defense of the more threatened variety, "localization" of the stronger language (for example,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Change Agents, English, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedEdwards, John – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1994
A discussion of language policy formation and planning in Canada covers the following: bilingualism and multiculturalism; Quebec, French, and the constitution; and aboriginal language issues. Language legislation is emphasized. (Contains 52 references.) (LB)
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Bilingualism, Canada Natives, Cultural Pluralism
