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The Politics of English in Puerto Rico's Schools / Jorge R. Schmidt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (175 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781935049944
  • 9781685855369
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- 1 The Politics of Education and Language -- 2 The Educational Language Gap -- 3 Who's in Charge? -- 4 The English Question -- 5 Uses of English in Puerto Rico -- 6 Language Stakeholders -- 7 The Implications of Language Diversity -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: How have colonial and partisan politics in Puerto Rico affected the language used in public schools? What can we learn from the conflict over the place of English in Puerto Rican society? How has the role of English evolved over time? Addressing these questions, Jorge Schmidt incisively explores the complex relationships among politics, language, and education in Puerto Rico from 1898, when Spain ceded the island to the United States, to the present.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- 1 The Politics of Education and Language -- 2 The Educational Language Gap -- 3 Who's in Charge? -- 4 The English Question -- 5 Uses of English in Puerto Rico -- 6 Language Stakeholders -- 7 The Implications of Language Diversity -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

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How have colonial and partisan politics in Puerto Rico affected the language used in public schools? What can we learn from the conflict over the place of English in Puerto Rican society? How has the role of English evolved over time? Addressing these questions, Jorge Schmidt incisively explores the complex relationships among politics, language, and education in Puerto Rico from 1898, when Spain ceded the island to the United States, to the present.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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