Honoring Richard Ruiz and His Work on Language Planning and Bilingual Education

by Hornberger, Nancy H.

• ISBN13: 9781783096695
• ISBN10: 1783096691
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2017-01-21
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters

Summary

Richard Ruiz has inspired generations of scholars in language planning and multilingual education with his unique orientations to language as a problem, a right and a resource. This volume attests to the far-reaching impact of his thinking and teaching, bringing together a selection of his published and unpublished writings on language planning orientations, bilingual and language minority education, language threat and endangerment, voice and empowerment, and even language fun, accompanied by contributions from colleagues and former students reflecting and expanding on Ruiz' ground-breaking work. This book will be of great interest to both undergraduate and postgraduate students in language planning and multilingual education, Indigenous and minority education, as well as to junior and senior researchers in those fields.

Author Biography

Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Chair of Educational Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. She is a three-time recipient of the Fulbright Senior Specialist Award, which has taken her to Paraguay, New Zealand and South Africa respectively, and she teaches, lectures and advises on multilingualism and education throughout the world. Her research interests include educational linguistics and sociolinguistics, educational ethnography and anthropology, bilingualism and biliteracy, multilingualism and language education policy, Indigenous education and language revitalization. She has authored or edited over two dozen books, including Sociolinguistics and Language Education (Multilingual Matters, 2010).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Richard Ruiz and his Legacy - Nancy H. Hornberger;

Part I: Language Planning – Essays by Richard Ruiz

Introductory reflection by Teresa L. McCarty;

Orientations in language planning;

Official languages and language planning;

Language planning considerations in Indigenous communities;

Threat inversion and language policy in the United States;

English language planning and transethnification in the USA;

Part II: Bilingual Education – Essays by Richard Ruiz

Introductory reflection by Norma González and Eric J. Johnson;

Language Teaching in American Education;

Bilingual education;

The paradox of bilingualism;

The knowledge base of bilingual education;

Part III: Language Fun – Essays by Richard Ruiz

Introductory reflection by Perry Gilmore, Brendan H. O'Connor and Lauren Zentz;

The parable of the pigs;

Jesus was bilingual;

The ontological status of burritos;

Part IV: Language Minority Education – Essays by Richard Ruiz

Introductory reflection by Luis C. Moll and D. Lane Santa Cruz;

Ethnic group interests and the social good: Law and language in education;

The empowerment of language minority students;

Asymmetrical worlds: The representation of the ethnic in public discourse;

The educational sovereignty of Latino/a students in the United States (with L. Moll);

Part V: Perspectives on Language Planning Orientations and Language Threat Inversion;

Erin Mackinney: Language Ideologies and Bilingual Realities: The Case of Coral Way;

Julia Richards and Janelle Johnson: Language Orientations in Guatemala: Toward Language As Resource?;

Olga Bever: ‘Language-As-Catalyst': Exploring the Role of Linguistic Landscapes in the Framework of Richard Ruiz' Orientations in Language Planning;

Kevin S. Carroll and Joyce Pereira: Threat Inversion and Language Maintenance in Puerto Rico and Aruba;

Part VI: Communities As Linguistic Resources Across The Americas: A Symposium Of Essays;

Mary Carol Combs and Sheilah E. Nicholas: Language, Voice and Empowerment Frameworks;

Leisy Wyman, Candace Kaleimamoowahinekapu Galla and Luz Jiménez-Quispe: Indigenous Youth Language Resources, Educational Sovereignty, and Praxis: Connecting a New Body of Language Planning Research to the Work of Richard Ruiz;

Amparo Clavijo Olarte and Ángela Pamela González: The Missing Voices in Colombia Bilingüe: The Case Of Ebera Children's Schooling in Bogotá;

Iliana Reyes and Ana Christina Da Silva Iddings: Learning about Linguistic Resources through Home Engagements: Opportunities for Latina Pre-Service Teachers to Shape Their Language Orientations;

Afterword: Richard Ruiz - Colin Baker