Download or read book Honoring Richard Ruiz and his Work on Language Planning and Bilingual Education written by Nancy H. Hornberger and published by Multilingual Matters. This book was released on 2016-11-21 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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attests to the far-reaching impact of his thinking and teaching, bringing together a selection of his published and unpublished writings on language planning orientations, bilingual and language minority education, language threat and endangerment, voice and empowerment, and even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.