The fifth edition of this bestselling book provides a comprehensive introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education. In a compact and clear style, its 19 chapters cover all the crucial issues in bilingualism at individual, group and national levels. These include: ⢠defining who is bilingual and multilingual ⢠testing language abilities and language use ⢠languages in communities and minority groups ⢠endangered languages ⢠language planning, language revival ⢠the development of bilingualism in infancy and childhood ⢠bilingualism in the family ⢠age and language learning ⢠adult language learning â¢Â bilinguals' thinking skills ⢠bilingualism and the brain ⢠theories of bilingualism ⢠types of bilingual education ⢠heritage language education ⢠evaluations of bilingual education ⢠minority language literacy ⢠biliteracy and multiliteracies ⢠effective teaching and learning methods in bilingual classrooms ⢠the effectiveness of bilingual education in the United States ⢠the history of bilingual education in the United States ⢠language minority underachievement ⢠bilingual special education ⢠the assessment of language minority children ⢠Deaf bilinguals ⢠the spread of English as a global language ⢠learning English as a second or third language ⢠language identity and multiple identities ⢠the politics surrounding language minorities and bilingual education ⢠assimilation and pluralism ⢠bilingualism and employment ⢠bilingualism and the internet
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