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288 Language Diversity in the Classroomfinely-tuned to only one context, of research enterprises that assume thatthe objects of study and the results of investigation can be treated inisolation.Language diversity in the classroom is an important matter, and onethat as I hope to have shown here deserves more attention. Thatattention should, however, be as comprehensive and as ‘inclusive’ aspossible. For, broad as the topic is, and important as it is, it remainsan element in a yet wider picture. It is impossible to understand, measureor implement language responses and language programs withoutknowing something of the lives of languages across the whole societalspectrum. It is impossible to understand the school by remaining withinits gates. What should they know of schooling who only schooling know?