Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism Review

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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 - 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