Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Multilingual Matters)

by Colin Baker (Author), OfeliaGarcia (Foreword)

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  1993

  $4.40

  Written as a foundational textbook for students and teachers, this book provides a comprehensive first introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education. In a compact and straightforward manner, bilingualism at individual, language minority group and national levels are discussed. The 18 chapters cover the crucial issues and controversies about language minorities and bilingual education. These include: * Defining who is bilingual * Testing language abilities and language use * Languages in communities and minority groups * Language planning * Language loss and revival * The development of bilingualism in infancy and childhood * Bilingualism in the family * Learning a second language * Aptitude and motivation * Age and language learning * Bilingualism and 'intelligence' * Bilingual's thinking skills * Bilingualism and the brain * Theories of bilingualism * Types of bilingual education * Evaluations of bilingual education * Language minority underachievement * Biliteracy * Cultural awareness * Multiculturalism * Different classroom styles of second language learning * US and Canadian approaches to bilingual education * Bilingual classrooms * The politics surrounding language minorities and bilingual education * Assimilation and pluralism * Antiracism

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  1996

  $5.88

  This book provides a comprehensive first introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education. In a compact and straightforward style, bilingualism at individual, language minority group and national levels are discussed. Written as a foundational textbook for students and teachers, it provides a detailed and integrated map of bilingualism and bilingual education. This second edition is extensively revised and updated, with new research findings added, more study questions, more commentary, updated references and bibliography. Two new chapters on literacy in multicultural societies and biliteracy in the classroom have been added and the following new topics covered: History of Bilingual Education in the United States; Assessment of Bilingual Children; Special Education and Bilingual Children; Bilingualism and the Economy; Deaf People and Bilingualism; Bilingual Teaching Methodology; Two-way Bilingual Education/Dual Language Education; European Schools Movement.