Foundations of bilingual education and bilingualism
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Bibliographic Information
Foundations of bilingual education and bilingualism
(Bilingual education and bilingualism / series editors, Colin Baker and Nancy Hornberger, 27)
Multilingual Matters, c2001
3rd ed.
- : hbk : alk. paper
- : pbk : alk. paper
Available at 46 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-473) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Written in a very reader-friendly style, the book is a practical introduction for parents and teachers to bilingualism. Straightforward and realistic answers are given to a comprehensive set of frequently asked questions about bilingualism and bilingual education. Areas covered include family, language, culture, identity, reading , writing, schooling and issues.
In the third edition, there is new or more detailed consideration of:
* Moving between countries, cultural adaptation
* Identity issues
* One parent - one language (OPOL) families
* Pre schools / kindergartens / nursery schools
* Helping with homework
* Dyslexia
* Language scaffolding
* Multilingualism and trilingualism; trilingual families
* Adoption
* WWW links, articles and books for further reading
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
An Introduction to the Third Edition
Introduction
SECTION A: Family Questions
SECTION B: Language Development Questions
SECTION C: Questions About Problems
SECTION D: Reading and Writing Questions
SECTION E: Education Questions
SECTION F: Concluding Questions
Glossary
Index
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