Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

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* 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