Current Issues In Bilingualism

Author : Mark Leikin,Mila Schwartz,Yishai Tobin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 940072327X

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Current Issues in Bilingualism by Mark Leikin,Mila Schwartz,Yishai Tobin Pdf

As populations become more mobile, so interest grows in bi- and multilingualism, particularly in the context of education. This volume focuses on the singular situation in Israel, whose complex multiculturalism has Hebrew and Arabic as official languages, English as an academic and political language, and tongues such as Russian and Amharic spoken by immigrants. Presenting research on bi- and trilingualism in Israel from a multitude of perspectives, the book focuses on four aspects of multilingualism and literacy in Israel: Arabic-Hebrew bilingual education and Arabic literacy development; second-language Hebrew literacy among immigrant children; literacy in English as a second/third language; and adult bilingualism. Chapters dissect findings on immigrant youth education, language impairment in bilinguals, and neurocognitive features of bilingual language processing. Reflecting current trends, this volume integrates linguistics, sociology, education, cognitive science, and neuroscience.

Author : Piotr Romanowski,Małgorzata Jedynak
Publisher : Springer
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319923963

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Current Research in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education by Piotr Romanowski,Małgorzata Jedynak Pdf

This book covers research topics in bilingual education, language policies, language contact, identity of bilingual speakers, early bilingualism, heritage languages, and more, and provides an overview of current theory, research and practice in the field of bilingualism. Each chapter is written by a specialist in the field. Part I focuses on the numerous and heterogeneous relations between languages as well as the implications arising from bilingual speech processing. In Part II, a series of contextualized studies on bilingual classrooms are presented, with diverse research designs applied in different educational settings being a key feature of these studies. Part III bridges theory and practice by offering an insight into mono- and multilingual school settings showcasing examples of educational institutions where bilingualism successfully soared and depicts the needs related to language education.

Author : Colin Baker,Wayne E. Wright
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-08
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788929912

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Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism by Colin Baker,Wayne E. Wright Pdf

The seventh edition of this bestselling textbook has been extensively revised and updated to provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education in an everchanging world. Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in bilingualism and multilingualism at individual, group and societal levels. Updates to the new edition include: Thoroughly updated chapters with over 500 new citations of the latest research. Six chapters with new titles to better reflect their updated content. A new Chapter 16 on Deaf-Signing People, Bilingualism/Multilingualism, and Bilingual Education. The latest demographics and other statistical data. Recent developments in and limitations of brain imaging research. An expanded discussion of key topics including multilingual education, codeswitching, translanguaging, translingualism, biliteracy, multiliteracies, metalinguistic and morphological awareness, superdiversity, raciolinguistics, anti-racist education, critical post-structural sociolinguistics, language variation, motivation, age effects, power, and neoliberal ideologies. Recent US policy developments including the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Seal of Biliteracy, Proposition 58, LOOK Act, Native American Languages Preservation Act, and state English proficiency standards and assessments consortia (WIDA, ELPA21). New global examples of research, policy, and practice beyond Europe and North America. Technology and language learning on the internet and via mobile apps, and multilingual language use on the internet and in social media. Students and Instructors will benefit from updated chapter features including: New bolded key terms corresponding to a comprehensive glossary Recommended readings and online resources Discussion questions and study activities

Author : Li Wei,Jean-Marc Dewaele,Alex Housen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110852004

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Opportunities and Challenges of Bilingualism by Li Wei,Jean-Marc Dewaele,Alex Housen Pdf

This volume contributes to the debates about the social aspects of bilingualism, focusing on the various opportunities and challenges bilingualism presents to today's society. The contributions in this volume are of a prospective stance, delineating directions for future research on bilingualism and/or identifying important issues which have been under-researched or which are still of a controversial nature. All the contributions are from leading international scholars who have researched and published extensively in the field of bilingualism. To facilitate further discussions of the issues raised in the volume, there are study questions and suggested reading attached to each of the main chapters.

Author : Christina Bratt Paulston
Publisher : Rowley, Mass. : Newbury House Publishers
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105031541928

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Bilingual Education by Christina Bratt Paulston Pdf

In this study, I will attempt to outline some major theories of social and educational change and to delineate the identification and interpretation of variables of bilingual education within the framework of each particular theory. In so doing, I am drawing heavily on the work by R.G. Paulston in his Conflicting Theories of Social and Educational Change: A Typological Review (1976). - Introduction.

Author : Robert Louis Politzer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Education, Bilingual
ISBN : UIUC:30112106636688

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Social Class and Bilingual Education by Robert Louis Politzer Pdf

Author : Manuel Ramírez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Education
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173025437659

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Spanish-English Bilingual Education in the U.S. by Manuel Ramírez Pdf

Author : Beverly Hartford,Albert Valdman,Charles R. Foster
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781468442359

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Issues in International Bilingual Education by Beverly Hartford,Albert Valdman,Charles R. Foster Pdf

CHRISTINA BRAIT PAULSTON There is an important difference between merely experimental and genuine experiment. The one may be a feeling for novelty, the other is rationally based on experience seeking a better way. - Frank Lloyd Wright Wright was talking about architecture, but the same difference can be applied to analyzing the relationship between standard and vernacular languages in bilingual education; surely we are also seeking a better way to handle bilingual education based on experience. How rationally based our efforts are, is another question. Works on this and similar topics can at times become the scene for very emotional-and very moving-presentations which sometimes are more utopian than rational. One can perhaps call this a very 'rational' text, because so few of the contributors are members of ethnic subordinate groups. Am I suggesting that minority group members are less rational? Of course not. I am suggesting that it is much easier to be calm, objective and scholarly about the lot of others than about your own. The most salient feature about the bilingual education of vernacular speaking groups is the social and economic exploitation of its members by the dominant group. The papers herein, treating bilingual education from a psychological perspective, agree at least on the issue that an understanding of the social and economic factors underlying bilingual education is crucial for understanding the psychological studies on bilingualism.

Author : Jim Cummins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015008279211

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Bilingualism and Minority-language Children by Jim Cummins Pdf

This handbook provides an introduction to research findings related to bilingualism in minority-language children, and describes the implications of these findings for issues of current concern in Canadian education. Bilingualism is defined as the production and/or comprehension of two languages by the same individual. The phrase "minority-language children" refers to children whose first language is different from the language of the wider community. The topic is discussed under five headings: (1) issues dealing with bilingual and bicultural education, providing for instruction in a variety of languages, psychological and educational ramifications, and a case study; (2) the historical perspective and the context for bilingualism and bilingual education at present in Canada and in other countries; (3) a presentation of research findings and a consideration of the patterns of bilingualism and cultural identity typically developed by minority children; (4) a review of theories related to learning two languages and a formulation of a cognitive "think tank model" for language learning; and (5) a consideration of the practical implications of the research findings for "heritage-language" teachers and minority parents who are eager to promote a high level of first language proficiency. The book concludes with a summary of what is known about bilingualism and children's development. (AMH)

Author : Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781783090112

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Issues in the Assessment of Bilinguals by Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole Pdf

With growing mass migration across the globe, researchers, practitioners, educators and policy makers are increasingly faced with rising numbers of multilingual children and adults. This volume raises key issues surrounding the evaluation of language abilities and proficiency in multilingual speakers, taking into account the facts concerning the processes of learning, speaking and understanding two languages. Issues in the Assessment of Bilinguals brings together researchers working on bilingual and multilingual children and adults in a variety of multilingual settings: typically developing bilingual children, bilingual and multilingual children and adults found in classrooms, and bilingual children growing up in sociolinguistically fluid bilingual communities – making this an essential volume which raises key issues for anyone assessing performance.

Author : Tej K. Bhatia,William C. Ritchie
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 978 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781118941270

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The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism by Tej K. Bhatia,William C. Ritchie Pdf

**Honored as a 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title** Comprising state-of-the-art research, this substantially expanded and revised Handbook discusses the latest global and interdisciplinary issues across bilingualism and multilingualism. Includes the addition of ten new authors to the contributor team, and coverage of seven new topics ranging from global media to heritage language learning Provides extensively revised coverage of bilingual and multilingual communities, polyglot aphasia, creolization, indigenization, linguistic ecology and endangered languages, multilingualism, and forensic linguistics Brings together a global team of internationally-renowned researchers from different disciplines Covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from neuro- and psycho-linguistic research to studies of media and psychological counseling Assesses the latest issues in worldwide linguistics, including the phenomena and the conceptualization of 'hyperglobalization', and emphasizes geographical centers of global conflict and commerce

Author : Colin Baker
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Education
ISBN : 0905028945

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Key Issues in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education by Colin Baker Pdf

The book looks at world-wide evidence on issues surrounding bilingualism and bilingual education. These issues include the relationship between bilingualism and intelligence, the advantages and disadvantages of bilingual education and the role of attitude and motivation in bilingualism.

Author : Ellen Bialystok
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2001-04-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0521635071

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Bilingualism in Development by Ellen Bialystok Pdf

Describes how intellectual development of bilingual children differs from that of monolingual children.

Author : M. Heller
Publisher : Springer
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230596047

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Bilingualism: A Social Approach by M. Heller Pdf

Arguing against a common sense view of bilingualism as the co-existence of two linguistic systems, this volume develops a critical perspective which approaches bilingualism as a wide variety of sets of sociolinguistic practices connected to the construction of social difference and of social inequality under specific historical conditions.

Author : Stan Shapson,Vincent D'Oyley
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Education
ISBN : 090502835X

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Bilingual and Multicultural Education by Stan Shapson,Vincent D'Oyley Pdf

This book provides a conceptualisation of bilingual (French-English) and multicultural education. Its main purposes are to synthesise recent responses to bilingual and multicultural education; to identify the issues arising out of the schools' responses to these new challenges; and to examine future directions for educational policy.