Book on Language Policy in Arizona, edited by Prof. Christian Faltis

Implementing Educational Language Policy in Arizona: Legal, Historical, and Current Practices in SEI, edited by Chris Faltis and M. Beatriz Arias, brings together scholars, researchers, and educators to present a critical examination of Arizona’s restrictive language policies as they influence teacher preparation and practice. The Structured English Immersion model prescribes the segregation of English learners for four hours a day from English speakers and academic content for a minimum of one year. 

One reviewer wrote: “In this timely and illuminating volume, the authors concisely deconstruct the folk theory that English is, by its very existence, the sole language of instruction.The brilliance of this edited volume Implementing Educational Language Policy in Arizona, lies in the authors’ rigorous deconstruction of unproven methods to teach linguistic minority students solely in English even when they are not yet proficient in the language thereby depriving them of their linguistic and cultural dignity and the opportunity to become literate in their own language.”- Lilia Bartolome, University of Massachusetts, USA

The book is published by  Multilingual Matters Ltd. The front cover features a painting by Chris Faltis.  The book is available on Amazon.