Description: ReviewI remain awed by Baker's ability to represent all positions and include all viewpoints, while remaining simple and straightforward. It is its scholarly exhaustiveness and complexity, coupled with a simplicity of style, that makes this text invaluable for students and scholars alike. -- Ofelia Garcia, Teachers College, Colombia UniversityProduct DescriptionThe 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 internetAbout the AuthorColin Baker is Emeritus Professor at Bangor University, UK. He is the author of research publications, books for parents and an encyclopedia, all on the subject of bilingualism, as well as the 5 previous editions of this textbook. He is the former co-editor of the Bilingual Education and Bilingualism books series for Multilingual Matters.
Price: 69.95 USD
Location: Citrus Heights, California
End Time: 2024-12-07T05:16:37.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
EAN: 8588952222227
Author: Baker, Colin
Book Title: Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Bilingual
Language: English
