Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

8. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-83668-054-3
Verlag: Multilingual Matters

Buch, Englisch, 593 Seiten, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 252 mm, Gewicht: 1284 g

8th edition of the world’s leading textbook on bilingual education and bilingualism.

The eighth edition of this bestselling textbook has been revised and updated to provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education in an everchanging world. Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in bilingualism and multilingualism at individual, group and societal levels. Updates to the new edition include:

- Updated chapters with over 500 new citations and the latest demographic and statistical information.

- An expanded Chapter 16 on Deaf-Signing People, Bilingualism/Multilingualism and Bilingual Education, to give readers a thorough grounding in the history of Deaf bilingual education, and in the latest research.

- Several new, or more thoroughly covered, topics including: national, local, family and individual language policy; dynamic bilingualism; multimodal communication; translanguaging and translanguaging pedagogy; raciolinguistics and anti-racist education; language revival and revitalization; translanguaging among Deaf-signing students; the hybrid, constructed, complex and fluid nature of identity; the gentrification of bilingual education; bilingualism and economic inequalities and advantages; mobile apps and social media; technology-enhanced language proficiency assessments; artificial intelligence (AI); recent developments in and limitations of brain imaging research; and multilingualism on the internet and in information technology.

- Important policy developments in the US context are covered, including the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the Seal of Biliteracy, the Science of Reading (structured literacy), response to intervention, and state consortia for shared English language proficiency standards and assessments (WIDA, ELPA21), and for alternative assessments for disabled students (Dynamic Learning Maps), the US Census, Proposition 58 (California), the LOOK Act (Massachusetts), Arizona Senate Bill 1014 and the Native American Languages Preservation Act.

- Attention has also been given to expanded discussion of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and its use across Europe and around the world. Efforts have also been made to update and diversify the global examples of research, policy and practice, with a particular focus on adding examples outside of Europe and North America.

Students and Instructors will benefit from chapter features including:

- New bolded key terms corresponding to a comprehensive glossary.

- Recommended readings and online resources.

- Discussion questions and study activities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wright, Wayne E.

Baker, Colin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Spracherwerb, Sprachentwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sonderpädagogik, Heilpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1. Bilingualism and Multilingualism: Definitions and Distinctions

Chapter 2. The Measurement of Bilingualism

Chapter 3. Languages in Society

Chapter 4. Language Endangerment and Revitalization

Chapter 5. The Early Development of Bilingualism

Chapter 6. The Later Development of Bilingualism

Chapter 7. Bilingualism, Cognition and the Brain (updated by Becky H. Huang)

Chapter 8. Theories of Bilingualism and the Curriculum

Chapter 9. Historical Introduction to Bilingual Education in the United States

Chapter 10. Types of Education for Bilingual Students

Chapter 11. Education for Bilingualism and Biliteracy

Chapter 12. The Effectiveness of Bilingual Education

Chapter 13. Effective Schools and Classrooms for Bilingual Students

Chapter 14. Literacy, Biliteracy and Multiliteracies for Bilingual and Multilingual Students

Chapter 15. Support and Assessment of Special Needs and Exceptional Bilingual Students

Chapter 16. Deaf-Signing People, Bilingualism/Multilingualism and Bilingual Education (by Jean F. Andrews and Stephen M. Nover)

Chapter 17. Bilingualism and Bilingual Education as a Problem, Right and Resource

Chapter 18. Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: Ideology, Identity and Empowerment

Chapter 19. Bilingualism in the Modern World

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Baker, Colin
Colin Baker is Emeritus Professor at Bangor University, UK. He is the author of over 140 research publications, a bestselling book for parents of bilingual children and an encyclopedia, all on the subject of bilingualism, as well as the seven previous editions of this textbook. He is the former co-editor of the Bilingual Education and Bilingualism book series for Multilingual Matters and was editor of the International Journal of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education for 15 years.

Wright, Wayne E.
Wayne E. Wright is Associate Dean for Research, Graduate Programs, and Faculty Development and the Barbara I. Cook Chair of Literacy and Language in the College of Education at Purdue University, USA. He is Co-Editor of the Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, Editor of the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement, and Co-Editor of the Bilingual Education and Bilingualism book series.

Wayne E. Wright is an Associate Dean, Professor, and the Barbara I. Cook Chair of Literacy and Language in the College of Education at Purdue University, USA. He has over 100 research publications and is the author of a bestselling book on teaching English language learners. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Language, Identity, and Education and co-editor of the Bilingual Education and Bilingualism book series for Multilingual Matters.

Colin Baker is Emeritus Professor at Bangor University, UK. He is the author of over 140 research publications, a bestselling book for parents of bilingual children and an encyclopedia, all on the subject of bilingualism, as well as the seven previous editions of this textbook. He is the former co-editor of the Bilingual Education and Bilingualism book series for Multilingual Matters and was editor of the International Journal of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education for 15 years.