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Written as a foundational textbook for students and teachers, this book provides a comprehensive first introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education. In a compact and straightforward manner, bilingualism at individual, language minority group and national levels are discussed. The 18 chapters cover the crucial issues and controversies about language minorities and bilingual education. These include: * Defining who is bilingual * Testing language abilities and language use * Languages in communities and minority groups * Language planning * Language loss and revival * The development of bilingualism in infancy and childhood * Bilingualism in the family * Learning a second language * Aptitude and motivation * Age and language learning * Bilingualism and 'intelligence' * Bilingual's thinking skills * Bilingualism and the brain * Theories of bilingualism * Types of bilingual education * Evaluations of bilingual education * Language minority underachievement * Biliteracy * Cultural awareness * Multiculturalism * Different classroom styles of second language learning * US and Canadian approaches to bilingual education * Bilingual classrooms * The politics surrounding language minorities and bilingual education * Assimilation and pluralism * Antiracism

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• Introduction(p. vii)
• Acknowledgements(p. xi)
• Chapter 1 Bilingualism: Definitions and Distinctions(p. 1)
• Chapter 2 The Measurement of Bilingualism(p. 17)
• Chapter 3 Languages in Society(p. 42)
• Chapter 4 Language Revival and Revitalization(p. 67)
• Chapter 5 The Development of Bilingualism(p. 85)
• Chapter 6 Second Language Acquisition and Learning(p. 109)
• Chapter 7 Bilingualism and Cognition(p. 134)
• Chapter 8 Cognitive Theories of Bilingualism and the Curriculum(p. 162)
• Chapter 9 An Introduction to Bilingual Education(p. 181)
• Chapter 10 Bilingual Education for Bilingualism and Biliteracy(p. 203)
• Chapter 11 The Effectiveness of Bilingual Education(p. 228)
• Chapter 12 The Effectiveness of Bilingual Education: The United States Debate(p. 244)
• Chapter 13 Language Development and Language Allocation in Bilingual Education(p. 268)
• Chapter 14 Bilingual Schooling Issues: Underachievement, Assessment and Special Needs(p. 295)
• Chapter 15 Literacy in Minority Language and Multicultural Societies(p. 318)
• Chapter 16 Literacy and Biliteracy in the Classroom(p. 341)
• Chapter 17 Immersion Classrooms(p. 356)
• Chapter 18 The Politics of Bilingualism(p. 366)
• Chapter 19 Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism(p. 401)
• Chapter 20 Bilingualism in the Modern World(p. 416)
• Conceptual Map(p. 438)
• Bibliography(p. 439)
• Index(p. 474)

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Colin Baker holds a Personal Chair of the University of Wales, is currently a Professor of Education in the School of Education at the University of Wales at Bangor, and is Director of Research Center Wales.