Includes bibliography (p. 243-255.) and index.

"A leading Yale psychologist separates myth from fact in the first comprehensive account of the psychological, linguistic, educational, and social aspects of bilingualism." (Book cover)

Preface

1. Introduction -- An Ecology of Bilingualism -- An Overview of the Book

2. Bilingualism and Intelligence -- The "Old" and "New" American Immigrants -- Bilingualism and the Nature-Nurture Issue -- The Hereditarians of the Language Handicap -- The Experiential View of Bilingualism -- A Positive View of Bilingualism -- Some Methodological Problems -- Reconciling Differences

3. Childhood Bilingualism -- Werner Leopold, Linguist -- Leopold's Legacy -- Madorah Smith, Psychologist -- More Recent Studies -- The Challenge to the Empiricism of Werner Leopold and Madorah Smith

4. The Bilingual World -- Language and Thought -- The Relationship Between Two Languages -- Can we Build a Typology of Bilinguals? -- Reflections on the Bilingual Mind

5. How Children Learn a Second Language -- A Japanese Child Learns English -- The Research: A Changing Focus -- The Influence of the Native Language -- The Role of "Prefabricated" Language -- Are First and Second Languages Acquired in the Same Way? -- Individual Differences Among Children

6. How Adults Learn a Second Language -- A Man Named Alberto -- Do Children and Adults Acquire a Second Language in the Same Way? -- Quantitative Differences Between Children and Adults -- Factors Determining Individual Variation -- Toward Integration

7. Bilingualism in Society -- Bilingualism in the United States -- Some Other Bilingual Communities -- The Micro and Macro Levels of Sociolinguistics -- An Integrative Approach

8. Bilingual Education -- The Origins of Recent Bilingual Education -- The Federal Role in Bilingual Education -- The Impact of the Federal Initiatives -- A Scrapbook of Opinions -- The Policy Debate on Bilingual Education -- The Charges and their Rebuttals -- Bilingual Education in Perspective -- The Future of Bilingual Education

9. Reflections on Bilingualism -- The Mirror of Bilingualism

References

Index