TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baker,Colin
TI  - Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
SN  - 9781853598647 (pbk)
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Toronto
PB  - Multilingual Matters
KW  - Education, Bilingual
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Bilingualism
N1  - Volume 54 in the Bilingual Education and Bilingualism series; Includes bibliographical references and index; "This book provides a comprehensive introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education. In a compact and clear style, bilingualism at individual, group and national levels are discussed. The nineteen chapters cover the crucial issues and controversies concerning language minorities and bilingual education. 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
; Bilingualism and 'intelligence'
; Bilinguals' thinking skills, bilingualism and the brain
; Theories of bilingualism
; The history of bilingual education in the United States
; Types of bilingual education, dual language schools
; Heritage language education
; Evaluations of bilingual education
; The effectiveness of bilingualism in the United States
; Effective teaching and learning methods in bilingual classrooms
; Minority language literacy
; Biliteracy and multiliteracies
; Language minority underachievement and the achievement gap
; Bilingual special education
; The assessment of language minority children
; The spread of English as a global language
; The advantages and disadvantages of 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" (Book Cover); CONTENTS; 1. Bilingualism: Definitions and Distinctions; 2. The Measurement of Bilingualism; 3. Endangered Languages: Planning and Revitalization; 4. Languages in Society; 5. The Early Development of Bilingualism; 6. The Later Development of Bilingualism; 7. Bilingualism and Cognition; 8. Cognitive Theories of Bilingualism and the Curriculum; 9. Historical Introduction to Bilingual Education: The United States; 10. Types of Bilingual Education; 11. Education for Bilingualism and Biliteracy; 12. The Effectiveness of Bilingual Education; 13. Effective Schools and Classrooms for Bilingual Students; 14. Literacy, Biliteracy, and Multiliteracies for Bilinguals; 15. The Assessment and Special Educational Needs of Bilinguals; 16. Deaf People, Bilingualism and Bilingual Education; 17. Bilingualism and Bilingual Education as a Problem, Right, and Resource; 18. Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: Ideology, Identity, and Empowerment; 19. Bilingualism in the Modern World
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