Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

by Baker, Colin

• ISBN13: 9781847693556
• ISBN10: 1847693555
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-18
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Colin Baker is Prov Vice Chancellor at Bangor University and holds a Personal Chair of the University of Wales. He is the author of a wide range of books with Multilingual Matters, including a companion volume to this book entitled Bilingual Education: An Introductory Reader co-edited with Ofelia Garca. His research-specific interests are in language planning and bilingual education. The previous editions of this book have sold over 70,000 copies with translations into Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Latvian, Georgian, Greek, Vietnamese and Mandarin. He edits/co-edits three Multilingual Matters book series and is Editor of the International Journal of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vi
Introduction	p. ix
Bilingualism: Definitions and Distinctions	p. 1
The Measurement of Bilingualism	p. 18
Endangered Languages: Planning and Revitalization	p. 40
Languages in Society	p. 65
The Early Development of Bilingualism	p. 92
The Later Development of Bilingualism	p. 115
Bilingualism and Cognition (updated by Panos Athanasopoulos)	p. 138
Cognitive Theories of Bilingualism and the Curriculum	p. 163
Historical Introduction to Bilingual Education: The United States (updated by Wayne Wright)	p. 182
Types of Bilingual Education	p. 206
Education for Bilingualism and Biliteracy	p. 221
The Effectiveness of Bilingual Education	p. 253
Effective Schools and Classrooms for Bilingual Students	p. 282
Literacy, Biliteracy and Multiliteracies for Bilinguals	p. 311
The Special Educational Needs, Assessment and Testing of Bilinguals	p. 338
Deaf People, Bilingualism and Bilingual Education	p. 360
Bilingualism and Bilingual Education as a Problem, Right and Resource	p. 373
Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: Ideology, Identity and Empowerment	p. 389
Bilingualism in the Modern World	p. 410
Bibliography	p. 428
Index	p. 480
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.