Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education

Colin Baker, Sylvia Prys Jones

Multilingual Matters, 1998 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 758 pages

This encyclopedia is divided into three sections: individual bilingualism; bilingualism in society and bilingual education. It includes many pictures, graphs, maps and diagrams. The book concludes with a comprehensive bibliography on bilingualism.

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Contents

• LANGUAGES IN SOCIETY: 96
• Diglossia 1 17: 117
• INDIVIDUAL BILINGUALISM Language Change: 127
• Defining Bilingualism 2 3 Dialects and Language Boundaries: 135
• The Advantages and Disadvantages of Bilingualism 6 4 Pidgins and Creoles: 142
• Two Views of Bilinguals Two Halves or One Whole? 9 5 Language Shift Language Decline and Language: 150
• Double Semilingualism 14 6 Language Borrowings: 164
• Prestigious Bilingualism 15 7 Language Vitality: 170
• Personality Social Development Identity: 181
• Types of Bilingual Family 28 3 Two Cases of Language Revival Maori and Hebrew: 195
• The Development of Bilingualism in Children 36 4 Language Planning: 203
• Bilingualism and Marriage 44 5 Language Standardization: 210
• Mother Tongue 47 6 Linguistic Purism: 217
• Bilingualism and Sensitivity in Communication 54 1 Information Technology and Bilingualism: 228
• Translation and Interpretation: 234
• Religion and Bilingualism: 245
• Bilingualism and Creative Thinking 66 6 Language Strategies for Business: 258
• Bilingualism and the Mass Media: 269
• Bilingualism and Metalinguistic Awareness 71: 276
• The Assimilation of Language Minorities: 287
• Bilingualism and the Brain 83 3 Integration and Language Minorities: 296
• Major World Languages: 302
• Language Imperialism: 319
• Colonialism and Languages: 324
• Language and Nationalism: 327
• Conflict and Equilibrium: 333
• Language Activism: 336
• The Question of Languages in the European Union: 339
• LANGUAGES IN CONTACT IN THE WORLD: 341
• Second Language Learning in Education APPENDICES: 344
• Introduction: 346
• Africa: 354
• Asia: 370
• Australia and New Zealand: 385
• Caribbean: 387
• Central America: 393
• Europe: 398
• Middle East: 426
• North America: 431
• Oceania: 448
• South America: 449
• BILINGUAL EDUCATION The Aims of Bilingual Education 1 The Nature and Aims of Bilingual Education: 464
• Types of Bilingual Education 3 A Bilingual Education Model Weak Forms of Bilingual Education 1 Submersion Education: 466
• Transitional Bilingual Education: 469
• Withdrawal Classes 346: 470
• 469: 473
• Bilingual Nursery Education: 486
• Immersion Bilingual Education: 489
• Language Maintenance Bilingual Education: 508
• Dual Language Schools: 518
• Dual Majority Language Bilingual Education 6 European Schools 7 International Schools 486 496 508 518: 525
• Home and School Relationships: 537
• A Framework for Language Minority Student Empowerment: 540
• A Brief History of Bilingual Education in the United States: 545
• Research on the Effectiveness of Bilingual Education: 550
• The Debate in the United States over Bilingual Education: 555
• Deaf and Partially Hearing Bilingual People: 563
• Deaf Students and Bilingual Education: 567
• Explanations of UnderAchievement in Bilinguals: 570
• Bilingualism and Learning Difficulties: 572
• Assessment and Bilingual Children: 575
• Bilingual Special Education: 580
• Language and Speech Therapy in a Bilingual Context: 584
• Language Allocation in Bilingual Methodology: 586
• Bilingual Methodology in Welsh Classrooms: 592
• Literacy among Bilingual Students: 596
• The Development of Biliteracy: 607
• Multicultural Education: 614
• Visits and Exchanges to Other Countries and Cultures: 624
• Language Awareness Knowledge About: 628
• Language: 630
• A Critical Awareness of Language: 633
• An Introduction to Second Language Acquisition: 635
• A Framework of Second Language Acquisition: 637
• Theories of Second Language Acquisition and Learning: 642
• Krashens Monitor Model: 649
• Instrumental and Integrative Motivation and Language Acquisition: 651
• Aptitude and Becoming Bilingual: 655
• Age and Becoming Bilingual: 658
• Second Language Retention 584: 663
• Ten Dimensions of Classroom Language Learning 665 Clossarv 698: 667
• The Communicative Approach 674 Photographic Credits 748: 681
• 596: 749
• 624: 750
• 628: 751
• 663: 753

About the author

Colin Baker es profesor emérito en educación de la Universidad de Bangor. Tiene tres hijos bilingües y ha sido hablado públicamente a padres y maestros sobre el bilingüismo por más de 20 años. Sus numerosas publicaciones sobre bilingüismo incluyen Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism , que ha sido traducido al japonés, español, latvio, griego y mandarín y del cual se publicó la quinta edición en el 2011.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education; Multilingual matters
• Editors: Colin Baker, Sylvia Prys Jones
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters, 1998
• ISBN: 1853593621, 9781853593628
• Length: 758 pages
• Subjects: Education / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General