But words can never hurt me: the linguistic construction of disability in text and discourse
Bhattacharya, Tanmoy (2016) But words can never hurt me: the linguistic construction of disability in text and discourse. Language and Language Teaching, 5 (2). pp. 53-60.
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Abstract
The baffled looked on the faces of teachers encountering the issue of disability in a in a classroom for a first time is largely due to our unpreparedness to accept that a 'mixed' classroom may also include students with disabilities, we seem to be willing to stretch our definition of mixedness only as far as the class, caste,ethnicity, race and gender.
| Item Type: | Articles in APF Magazines |
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| Authors: | Bhattacharya, Tanmoy |
| Document Language: | Language English |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | language teaching, language learning, language proficiency, language skills |
| Subjects: | Language |
| Divisions: | Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > University Publications > Language and Language Teaching |
| Full Text Status: | Public |
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| URI: | http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/471 |
| Publisher URL: | http://azimpremjifoundation.org/foundation-publica... |
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