The Language Gap

David Cassels Johnson is Associate Professor of Multilingual Education at the University of Iowa and Visiting Professor of Applied Linguistics at Shanghai International Studies University. He holds a PhD (with distinction) in Educational Linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of Language Policy (2013) and co-editor of Research Methods in Language Policy and Planning: A Practical Guide (2015, with Francis M. Hult). Eric J. Johnson is Professor of Bilingual Education at Washington State University. He received his PhD in Sociocultural Anthropology from Arizona State University. His research focuses on ethnographic approaches to immigrant education programs and language policies in public schools. His publications span topics involving bilingual education, immigration, and family engagement.

Chapter 1: The Re-Normalization of Language Deficit Ideologies

Chapter 2: Language Acquisition and Diversity: (Socio)linguistic and Anthropological Perspectives

Chapter 3: What’s Past is Prologue: Language Deficit Research Past and Present - with Darrin Hetrick

Chapter 4: Tracing the Genealogies of Language Gap Policies and Programs

Chapter 5: Normalization of Deficit Language Ideologies

Chapter 6: The Language Gap and Education