Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual EducationThis 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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Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education
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Contents
Language Communities | 1 |
Types of Language Minority | 2 |
Immigration Emigration and Language | 3 |
Ethnic Identity | 4 |
Diglossia | 5 |
Languages of Wider Communication 96 99 104 112 117 122 Acknowledgements viii SECTION 1 INDIVIDUAL BILINGUALISM 127 133 135 14... | 6 |
Language Imperialism | 8 |
Two Views of Bilinguals Two Halves or One Whole? | 9 |
Deaf and Partially Hearing Bilingual People 563 | 374 |
Australia and New Zealand | 385 |
Caribbean | 387 |
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Central America | 393 |
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Europe | 398 |
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Language and Nationalism | 10 |
Conflict and Equilibrium | 11 |
Balanced Bilinguals | 12 |
The Question of Languages in the European Union | 13 |
Double Semilingualism | 14 |
Prestigious Bilingualism | 15 |
Multilingualism | 17 |
Personality Social Development Identity | 22 |
Bilingualism | 28 |
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Bibliography 708 | 82 |
The Origins of Language and Language Families | 127 |
The Origins of Bilingualism | 133 |
Dialects and Language Boundaries | 135 |
Pidgins and Creoles | 140 |
Language Shift Language Decline and Language Death | 150 |
Language Borrowings | 164 |
Language Vitality | 170 |
Attitudes to Languages 150 164 170 | 174 |
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The Development of Bilingualism in Children 3 Bilingualism and Marriage 4 Mother Tongue | 182 |
Language Maintenance | 183 |
Language Revival and Reversal | 186 |
Two Cases of Language Revival Maori and Hebrew | 195 |
Language Planning | 203 |
Language Standardization | 206 |
Linguistic Purism | 217 |
Language Marketing 36 44 181 186 195 203 210 217 | 221 |
Language Choice 2 Bilingualism and Sensitivity in Communication 3 Codeswitching 51 54 58 Bilingualism in the Modern World 1 Information Tec... | 228 |
Bilingualism and the Internet | 231 |
Translation and Interpretation | 234 |
Religion and Bilingualism | 245 |
Bilingualism and the Economy | 250 |
Language Strategies for Business | 258 |
Bilingual Professions | 263 |
Bilingualism and the Mass Media | 269 |
Bilingualism and Tourism Bilingualism and Thinking 1 Bilingualism and Intelligence 2 Bilingualism and Creative Thinking 3 Field Dependency and ... | 272 |
Home and School Relationships | 336 |
A Brief History of Bilingual Education in the United States 2 Research on the Effectiveness of Bilingual Education 3 The Debate in the United States ... | 338 |
LANGUAGES IN CONTACT IN THE WORLD 550 | 345 |
Africa | 346 |
Bilingualism and the Brain 62 | 358 |
Bilingual Education for Deaf and Hearing Impaired People | 370 |
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Language as a Problem a Right and a Resource | 445 |
Explanations of UnderAchievement in Bilinguals | 570 |
Bilingualism and Learning Difficulties 572 3 Assessment and Bilingual Children | 572 |
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 586 592 596 | 607 |
The Nature and Aims of Bilingual Education 2 Types of Bilingual Education 3 A Bilingual Education Model 464 469 473 Multiculturalism in Educa... | 614 |
The Assimilation of Language Minorities 3 Integration and Language Minorities 4 Multiculturalism | 621 |
Visits and Exchanges to Other Countries and Cultures | 624 |
Language Awareness Knowledge About | 628 |
Language | 630 |
A Critical Awareness of Language 624 628 | 633 |
Ten Dimensions of Classroom Language Learning | 665 |
Foreign and Second Language Learning | 667 |
Foreign and Second Language Teaching Approaches | 670 |
The Communicative Approach | 673 |
Different Modern Language Teaching Approaches | 681 |
The Cultural Syllabus and the Multidimensional Language Curriculum | 683 |
Modern Language Learning and Special Educational Needs Students | 685 |
Adult Language Learning | 688 |
The Ulpan Experience From Israel to Wales and the Basque Country | 693 |
Index | 697 |
Submersion Education 2 Transitional Bilingual Education | 706 |
Withdrawal Classes | 707 |
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