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Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism »

Authors: Colin Baker
ISBN-13: 9781847693563, ISBN-10: 1847693563
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Ltd.
Date Published: February 2011
Edition: (Non-applicable)

1	Bilingualism : definitions and distinctions	1
2	The measurement of bilingualism	20
3	Endangered languages : planning and revitalization	42
4	Languages in society	67
5	The early development of bilingualism	95
6	The later development of bilingualism	119
7	Bilingualism and cognition	142
8	Cognitive theories of bilingualism and the curriculum	166
9	Historical introduction to bilingual education : the United States	187
10	Types of bilingual education	212
11	Education for bilingualism and biliteracy	227
12	The effectiveness of bilingual education	259
13	Effective schools and classrooms for bilingual students	291
14	Literacy, biliteracy and multiliteracies for bilinguals	319
15	The assessment and special educational needs of bilinguals	346
16	Deaf people, bilingualism and bilingual education	369
17	Bilingualism and bilingual education as a problem, right and resource	381
18	Bilingualism and bilingual education : ideology, identity and empowerment	398
19	Bilingualism in the modern world	421