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Author:   Colin Baker ,  Nancy H. Hornberger
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Multilingual Matters
Volume:   29
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.568kg
ISBN:  

9781853594755

ISBN 10:   185359475
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   16 July 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Section I The 1970s: (1973) a theoretical perspective on the relationship between bilingualism and thought; (1976) the influence of bilingualism on cognitive growth; (1978) immersion programmes - the Irish experience; linguistic interdependence and the educational development of bilingual children; (1979, 1983) research findings from French immersion programs across Canada. Section II The 1980s: (1980) the entry and exit fallacy in bilingual education; (1982) tests, achievement, and bilingual students; (1984) learning difficulties in ""immersion"" programmes; (1986) empowering minority students - a framework for intervention; (1986) psychological assessment of minority students; (1988) from the inner city to the global village - the microcomputer as a catalyst for collaborative learning and cultural interchange; (1988) from multicultural to anti-racist education; (1988) the role of use of educational theory in formulating language policy. Section III The 1990s: (1992) heritage language teaching in Canadian schools; (1992) empowerment through biliteracy; (1996) multicultural education and technology - promise and pitfalls; (1996) Babel babble - refraiming the discourse of diversity; (1997) cultural and linguistic diversity in education - a mainstream issue?; (1999) alternative paradigms in bilingual education research."

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Author Website:   http://scholar.gse.upenn.edu/hornberger

Colin Baker is Emeritus Professor of Education at Bangor University. He has three bilingual children and has given talks for over 20 years to parents and teachers on bilingualism. His many publications on bilingualism include Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, which has been translated into Japanese, Spanish, Latvian, Greek and Mandarin and is now in its 5th edition (2011). Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Recent three-time Fulbright Senior Specialist, to Paraguay, New Zealand, and South Africa respectively, Hornberger teaches, lectures, and advises on multilingualism and education throughout the world and has authored or edited over two dozen books, including most recently Can Schools Save Indigenous Languages? Policy and Practice on Four Continents (Palgrave Macmillan 2008), and the ten-volume Encyclopedia of Language and Education (Springer 2008).

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Author Website:   http://scholar.gse.upenn.edu/hornberger

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