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Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

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Colin Baker | Feb 15 2011, Multilingual Matters | 9781847693556 | 512 pages

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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 more common topics such as defining who is bilingual and multilingual; the development of bilingualism in infancy and childhood; age and language learning; and effective teaching and learning methods in bilingual classrooms. Less ordinary topics include endangered languages; language planning and language revival; bilingual special education; assimilation and pluralism; the politics surrounding language minorities and bilingual education; bilingualism and employment; and bilingualism and the internet.
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