Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education

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Colin Baker, Sylvia Prys Jones
Multilingual Matters, 1998 - 758 pages
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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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Encyclopedia of bilingualism and bilingual education

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Just about anything anyone would want to know (and then some) about bilingualism around the world can be found in this 500,000-word encyclopedia. Noting that approximately two-thirds of the world's ... Consulter l'avis complet

Table des matières

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
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

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
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
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Page 129 - The Sanskrit language, whatever be its antiquity, is of a wonderful structure; more perfect than the Greek, more copious than the Latin, and more exquisitely refined than either, yet bearing to both of them a stronger affinity, both in the roots of verbs and in the forms of grammar, than could possibly have been produced by accident; so strong indeed, that no philologer could examine them all three, without believing them to have sprung from some common source, which, perhaps, no longer exists...
Page 281 - Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Page 281 - The development of respect for the child's parents, his or her own cultural identity, language and values, for the national values of the country in which the child is living, the country from which he or she may originate, and for civilizations different from his or her own...
Page 279 - States should take appropriate measures so that, wherever possible, persons belonging to minorities may have adequate opportunities to learn their mother tongue or to have instruction in their mother tongue.
Page 115 - It is an indispensable part of American policy that the coming generation of American citizens in Puerto Rico grow up with complete facility in the English tongue. It is the language of our nation. Only through the acquisition of this language will Puerto Rican Americans secure a better understanding of American ideals and principles.
Page 279 - In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practice their own religion, or to use their own language.
Page 279 - Programmes of cooperation and assistance among States should be planned and implemented with due regard for the legitimate interests of persons belonging to minorities.
Page 293 - American institutions ... any man who comes here ... must adopt the institutions of the United States, and therefore, he must adopt the language which is now the native tongue of our people, no matter what the several strains in our blood may be. It would not be merely a misfortune, but a crime to perpetuate differences of language in this country...
Page 246 - Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews." Many of the Jews read this inscription, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, and in Greek. Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, "The King of the Jews,' but, 'This man said, I am King of the Jews.

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À propos de l'auteur (1998)

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.

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