Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Colin Baker
- 504 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Colin Baker
About This Book
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:
ā¢ defining who is bilingual and multilingual
ā¢ testing language abilities and language use
ā¢ languages in communities and minority groups
ā¢ endangered languages
ā¢ language planning, language revival
ā¢ the development of bilingualism in infancy and childhood
ā¢ bilingualism in the family
ā¢ age and language learning
ā¢ adult language learning
ā¢bilinguals' thinking skills
ā¢ bilingualism and the brain
ā¢ theories of bilingualism
ā¢ types of bilingual education
ā¢ heritage language education
ā¢ evaluations of bilingual education
ā¢ minority language literacy
ā¢ biliteracy and multiliteracies
ā¢ effective teaching and learning methods in bilingual classrooms
ā¢ the effectiveness of bilingual education in the United States
ā¢ the history of bilingual education in the United States
ā¢ language minority underachievement
ā¢ bilingual special education
ā¢ the assessment of language minority children
ā¢ Deaf bilinguals
ā¢ the spread of English as a global language
ā¢ learning English as a second or third language
ā¢ language identity and multiple identities
ā¢ the politics surrounding language minorities and bilingual education
ā¢ assimilation and pluralism
ā¢ bilingualism and employment
ā¢ bilingualism and the internet