Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
eBook - ePub

Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

  1. 528 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

About this book

The seventh edition of this bestselling textbook has been extensively revised and updated to provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education in an everchanging world. Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in bilingualism and multilingualism at individual, group and societal levels. Updates to the new edition include:

  • Thoroughly updated chapters with over 500 new citations of the latest research.
  • Six chapters with new titles to better reflect their updated content.
  • A new Chapter 16 on Deaf-Signing People, Bilingualism/Multilingualism, and Bilingual Education.
  • The latest demographics and other statistical data.
  • Recent developments in and limitations of brain imaging research.
  • An expanded discussion of key topics including multilingual education, codeswitching, translanguaging, translingualism, biliteracy, multiliteracies, metalinguistic and morphological awareness, superdiversity, raciolinguistics, anti-racist education, critical post-structural sociolinguistics, language variation, motivation, age effects, power, and neoliberal ideologies.
  • Recent US policy developments including the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Seal of Biliteracy, Proposition 58, LOOK Act, Native American Languages Preservation Act, and state English proficiency standards and assessments consortia (WIDA, ELPA21).
  • New global examples of research, policy, and practice beyond Europe and North America.
  • Technology and language learning on the internet and via mobile apps, and multilingual language use on the internet and in social media.

Students and Instructors will benefit from updated chapter features including:

  • New bolded key terms corresponding to a comprehensive glossary
  • Recommended readings and online resources
  • Discussion questions and study activities

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Yes, you can access Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism by Colin Baker,Wayne E. Wright,Prof. Wayne E. Wright in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Educational Policy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Definitions and Distinctions
  8. 2 The Measurement of Bilingualism
  9. 3 Languages in Society
  10. 4 Language Endangerment and Revitalization
  11. 5 The Early Development of Bilingualism
  12. 6 The Later Development of Bilingualism
  13. 7 Bilingualism, Cognition and the Brain (updated by Becky H. Huang)
  14. 8 Theories of Bilingualism and the Curriculum
  15. 9 Historical Introduction to Bilingual Education in the United States
  16. 10 Types of Education for Bilingual Students
  17. 11 Education for Bilingualism and Biliteracy
  18. 12 The Effectiveness of Bilingual Education
  19. 13 Effective Schools and Classrooms for Bilingual Students
  20. 14 Literacy, Biliteracy and Multiliteracies for Bilingual and Multilingual Students
  21. 15 Support and Assessment of Special Needs and Exceptional Bilingual Students
  22. 16 Deaf-Signing People, Bilingualism/Multilingualism and Bilingual Education (by Jean F. Andrews and Stephen M. Nover)
  23. 17 Bilingualism and Bilingual Education as a Problem, Right and Resource
  24. 18 Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: Ideology, Identity and Empowerment
  25. 19 Bilingualism in the Modern World
  26. Glossary
  27. Bibliography
  28. Index