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.
Updates to the new edition include: Hundreds of new citations from the latest research.
Expanded discussion of key topics including codeswitching, translanguaging, multi.
Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in Bilingualism at individual, group and societal levels.
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 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.
Technology and language learning on the internet and via mobile apps, and multilingual language use on the internet and in social media.
New global examples of research, policy, and practice beyond Europe and North America.
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).
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 developments in and limitations of brain imaging research.
The latest demographics and other statistical data.
A new Chapter 16 on Deaf-Signing People, Bilingualism/Multilingualism, and Bilingual Education.
Six chapters with new titles to better reflect their updated content.
Updates to the new edition include: Thoroughly updated chapters with over 500 new citations of the latest research.
Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in Bilingualism and multilingualism at individual, group and societal levels.
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
