UNCORRECTED PROOFS 118 6 (De)capitalising Students Through Linguistic Practices. A Comparative Analysis of New Educational Programmes in a Global Era Luisa Martín Rojo Reconfiguring the Linguistic Map in a New Sociopolitical and Economic Context This chapter is part of a long-term study carried out over the last decade by a group of researchers in Madrid (Spain), seeking to better understand the role played by linguistic practices in the implementation of educational pro- grammes and, particularly, new educational linguistic programmes (such as the Spanish as a second language programme for descendants of non-Spanish- speaking migrants) in maintaining, justifying and legitimating social selec- tion processes in contemporary Spain (see AlcalÆ Recuerda, 2011; Mijares & Relaæo Pastor, 2011; Patiæos Santos, 2011). Within this frame, my personal research has taken into account the rising dropout rate of the immigrant population at the conclusion of obligatory education and their premature entry into the job market as unskilled workers, focusing on the role of the schools, and particularly on the role of linguistics practices in the classrooms, in the construction of social inequality (Martn Rojo, 2010, 2011). This chapter is a further contribution to that research. New linguistic programmes, aimed at the whole school population and particularly at students who are 2598_Ch06.indd 118 7/22/2013 4:29:41 PM