Foundations of bilingual education and bilingualism
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Foundations of bilingual education and bilingualism
（Bilingual education and bilingualism / series editors, Colin Baker and Nancy Hornberger, 79）
Multilingual Matters, c2011
5th ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 428-479) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The fifth edition of this bestselling book provides a comprehensive introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education. In a compact and clear style, its 19 chapters cover all the crucial issues in bilingualism at individual, group and national levels. These include:
* defining who is bilingual and multilingual
* testing language abilities and language use
* languages in communities and minority groups
* endangered languages
* language planning, language revival
* the development of bilingualism in infancy and childhood
* bilingualism in the family
* age and language learning
* adult language learning
* bilinguals' thinking skills
* bilingualism and the brain
* theories of bilingualism
* types of bilingual education
* heritage language education
* evaluations of bilingual education
* minority language literacy
* biliteracy and multiliteracies
* effective teaching and learning methods in bilingual classrooms
* the effectiveness of bilingual education in the United States
* the history of bilingual education in the United States
* language minority underachievement
* bilingual special education
* the assessment of language minority children
* Deaf bilinguals
* the spread of English as a global language
* learning English as a second or third language
* language identity and multiple identities
* the politics surrounding language minorities and bilingual education
* assimilation and pluralism
* bilingualism and employment
* bilingualism and the internet
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Bilingualism: Definitions and Distinctions
Chapter 2: The Measurement of Bilingualism
Chapter 3: Endangered Languages: Planning and Revitalization
Chapter 4: Languages in Society
Chapter 5: The Early Development of Bilingualism
Chapter 6: The Later Development of Bilingualism
Chapter 7: Bilingualism and Cognition
Chapter 8: Cognitive Theories of Bilingualism and the Curriculum
Chapter 9: Historical Introduction to Bilingual Education: the United States
Chapter 10: Types of Bilingual Education
Chapter 11: Education for Bilingualism and Biliteracy
Chapter 12: The Effectiveness of Bilingual Education
Chapter 13: Effective Schools and Classrooms for Bilingual Students
Chapter 14: Literacy, Biliteracy and Multiliteracies for Bilinguals
Chapter 15: The Special Educational Needs, Assessment and Testing of Bilinguals
Chapter 16: Deaf People, Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Chapter 17: Bilingualism and Bilingual Education as a Problem, Right and Resource
Chapter 18: Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: Ideology, Identity and Empowerment
Chapter 19: Bilingualism in the Modern World
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