Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Bilingual Education & Bilingualism)
By Colin Baker.
Description
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 an...
ISBN(s)
1847693555, 9781847693556
