Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Colin Baker
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Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Colin Baker
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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
â˘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