Bilingual Education: An Introductory ReaderOfelia García, Colin Baker The book contains a comprehensive selection of outstanding and influential articles on bilingual education in the USA and the rest of the world. It is designed for instructors and students, with questions and activities based on each of the 19 readings for students to engage in active learning. |
Contents
Re iewing the Research on Language Education Programs | 3 |
Characteristics of Immersion Programmes | 19 |
Re italising Indigenous Languages in Homogenising Times | 33 |
Dual Language Programs Key Features and Results | 50 |
Rethinking the Education of English Language Learners | 64 |
Accessing Language Rights in Education | 89 |
Language Interactions in the Classroom From Coerci e | 108 |
Linguistic Human Rights in Education? | 137 |
Processes of Immersion Education | 165 |
Writing in a Second Language Across the Curriculum | 195 |
Home to School and School | 219 |
The Pedagogy of Peace Language Awareness in the Ne | 237 |
Integrating Language and Content How Three Biology | 257 |
Bilingual Classroom Studies and Community Analysis | 272 |
The No Child Left Behind Act and English Language Learners | 286 |
Hard Sell Why is Bilingual Education So Unpopular with | 145 |
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