Foundations of Bilingual Education and BilingualismMultilingual Matters, 2011 - 498 páginas 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 |
Índice
Definitions and Distinctions | 1 |
The Measurement of Bilingualism | 18 |
Planning and Revitalization | 40 |
Languages in Society | 65 |
The Early Development of Bilingualism | 92 |
The Later Development of Bilingualism | 115 |
Bilingualism and Cognition updated by Panos Athanasopoulos | 138 |
Cognitive Theories of Bilingualism and the Curriculum | 163 |
The Effectiveness of Bilingual Education | 253 |
Effective Schools and Classrooms for Bilingual Students | 282 |
Literacy Biliteracy and Multiliteracies for Bilinguals | 311 |
The Special Educational Needs Assessment and Testing of Bilinguals | 338 |
Deaf People Bilingualism and Bilingual Education | 360 |
Bilingualism and Bilingual Education as a Problem Right and Resource | 373 |
Ideology Identity and Empowerment | 389 |
Bilingualism in the Modern World | 410 |
The United States updated by Wayne Wright | 182 |
Types of Bilingual Education | 206 |
Education for Bilingualism and Biliteracy | 221 |
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