Constructing inequality in multilingual classrooms (Language, Power and Social Process)

Constructing Inequality in Multilingual Classrooms

Language, Power and Social Process 27

Editor Richard J. Watts

De Gruyter Mouton

Constructing Inequality in Multilingual Classrooms by Luisa Martı´n Rojo with contributions by Adriana Patin˜o-Santos, Esther Alcala´, Ana Marı´a Relan˜o Pastor and Irina Rasskin Gutman

De Gruyter Mouton

ISBN 978-3-11-022663-8 e-ISBN 978-3-11-022664-5 ISSN 1861-4175 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Constructing inequality in multilingual classrooms / [edited] by Luisa Martı´n Rojo. p. cm. ⫺ (Language, power and social process; 27) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-3-11-022663-8 (alk. paper) 1. Education, Bilingual ⫺ Spain ⫺ Madrid (Region) 2. Multicultural education ⫺ Spain ⫺ Madrid (Region) 3. Sociolinguistics ⫺ Spain ⫺ Madrid (Region) 4. Linguistic minorities ⫺ Spain ⫺ Madrid (Region) 5. Education ⫺ Social aspects ⫺ Spain ⫺ Madrid (Region) 6. Educational equalization ⫺ Spain ⫺ Madrid (Region) I. Martı´n Rojo, Luisa. LC3736.S72C27 2010 370.11715094641⫺dc22 2010020404

Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at http://dnb.d-nb.de. 쑔 2010 Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/New York Cover design: Christopher Schneider, Laufen Typesetting: Asco Typesetters, Hong Kong Printing: Hubert & Co. GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ⬁ Printed on acid-free paper Printed in Germany www.degruyter.com

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