[DOWNLOAD -PDF-] Foundations of Bilingual Educat

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