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Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism march 2017 512pp

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How could the most comprehensive book on bilingual education get even better?The master of writing on bilingual education, Baker, collaborates with a youngermaster, Wright. The blending of the clear voices of these two scholars, grounded inexperience in different geographical regions is powerful. This new edition keepswhat has made this book a classic in the bilingual education field, and enlarges it. It presents a vision of the present and future of bilingual education, withoutdismissing the understandings that we have built across the years.OFELIA GARCÍA, THE GRADUATE CENTER, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, USA

The sixth edition of this bestselling textbook has been substantially revisedand updated to provide a comprehensive introduction to bilingualism andbilingual education in the 21st century. Written in a compact and clear style,the book covers all the crucial issues in bilingualism at individual, group andsocietal levels. Updates to the new edition include:Greater attention to technological advances and global trends impacting andimpacted by bilingualism.New trends and issues in bilingual education, including recent research onthe effectiveness of different types of bilingual education. Issues in the assessment of bilinguals.The latest thinking on identity and bilingualism.Recent developments in brain imaging research.Discussion of the latest terms in bilingualism research including dynamicbilingualism, translanguaging, transliteracy and superdiversity, in additionto an enhanced look at multilingualism.

Students and instructors will benefit from new features including:A comprehensive glossary.A condensed and updated bibliography.Updated international examples of policy, research and practice.The addition of web resources and discussion questions. Fully revised study activities and recommended reading.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Foundations of BilingualEducation and Bilingualism 6th EditionColin Baker and Wayne e. Wright

IntroductionAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Bilingualism: Definitions and DistinctionsChapter 2: The Measurement of BilingualismChapter 3: Endangered Languages: Planning and

RevitalizationChapter 4: Languages in SocietyChapter 5: The Early Development of BilingualismChapter 6: The Later Development of BilingualismChapter 7: Bilingualism, Cognition, and the BrainChapter 8: Theories of Bilingualism and the CurriculumChapter 9: Historical Introduction to Bilingual

Education: The United StatesChapter 10: Types of Bilingual EducationChapter 11: Education for Bilingualism and Biliteracy

Chapter 12: The Effectiveness of Bilingual EducationChapter 13: Effective Schools and Classrooms for

Bilingual StudentsChapter 14: Literacy, Biliteracy and Multiliteracies for

BilingualsChapter 15: Support and Assessment of Special Needs

and Exceptional Bilingual StudentsChapter 16: Deaf People, Bilingualism and Bilingual

EducationChapter 17: Bilingualism and Bilingual Education as a

Problem, Right and ResourceChapter 18: Bilingualism and Bilingual Education:

Ideology, Identity and EmpowermentChapter 19: Bilingualism in the Modern WorldGlossaryBibliography

author inFormationColin Baker is Emeritus Professor at Bangor University, UK.He is the author of research publications, books for parentsand an encyclopedia, all on the subject of bilingualism, aswell as the 5 previous editions of this textbook. He is theformer co-editor of the Bilingual Education and Bilingualismbook series for Multilingual Matters.Wayne E Wright is Professor and Barbara I. Cook Chair of Literacy and Language, Purdue University, USA. He has published extensively on bilingual education andbilingualism, and is the co-editor of the Journal of Language,Identity, and Education and the Bilingual Education andBilingualism book series for Multilingual Matters.

This book is also available as an ebook fromour website and major ebook retailers.

Key Features:Discussion questionsStudy activitiesLinks to web resourcesSuggested further readingComprehensive glossary

The Assessment of Emergent Bilinguals Supporting English Language LearnersKate mahoney

Testing is taking over. With a focus on emergent bilinguals, Mahoney reminds us that assessment cannotand should not be the same for all learners. This book should be read cover to cover by anyone whoworks with bilingual students or who makes policies that impact their futures.TATYANA KLEYN, THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK, USA

Mahoney presents an expert and practical guide to key issues in the assessment of bilingual children,guiding teachers and administrators to make informed decisions about children’s language developmentand academic growth in school settings. The book makes complex issues easily understood, andillustrates the appropriate use of tests with informative examples of good and bad assessment practices.JEFF MACSWAN, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, USA

This textbook is a comprehensive introduction to the assessment of students in K-12 schoolswho use two or more languages in their daily life: English Language Learners (ELLs), orEmergent Bilinguals. The book includes a thorough examination of the policy, history andassessment/measurement issues that educators should understand in order to best advocatefor their students. The author presents a decision-making framework called PUMI (Purpose, Use,Method, Instrument) that practitioners can use to better inform assessment decisions for bilingualchildren. The book will be an invaluable resource in teacher preparation programs, but will alsohelp policy-makers and educators make better decisions to support their students.

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IntroductionChapter 1: A Decision Making Process called PUMIChapter 2: History: How Did We Get Here?Chapter 3: ValidityChapter 4: MethodsChapter 5: Content & LanguageChapter 6: Psychometrics

Chapter 7: AccommodationsChapter 8: Special EducationChapter 9: AccountabilityAdvice for Instructors about ActivitiesGlossaryIndex

The Assessment of Emergent Bilinguals February 2017 216pp

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Guía para padres y maestros de niños bilingüesSegunda ediciónalma Flor ada, F. isabel Campoy y Colin BakerEn esta clara guía, Alma Flor Ada, Isabel Campoy y Colin Baker, ofrecen una perspectivarealista de las alegrías y dificultades de educar a niños bilingües y claras respuestas a laspreguntas más frecuentes sobre el tema. Además añade secciones sobre la mezcla deidiomas, los efectos intelectuales del bilingüismo, identidad y autoestima.

Guía para padres y maestros de niños bilingües Parents' and teachers' Guides July 2017 304pp

Pbk isBn 9781783097906 c• £19.95 c• us$29.95 c• €24.95hbk isBn 9781783097913 c• £69.95 c• us$99.95 c• €89.95This book is also available as an ebook from our website and major ebook retailers.

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author inFormationKate Mahoney is AssociateProfessor in TESOL at the StateUniversity of New York at Fredonia,USA. She has taught bilinguallearners in the US and Belize. Herresearch has focused on theassessment of Emergent Bilinguals.The PUMI framework she presentsin this book is beginning to beadopted and studied in coursesacross the US.

Key Features:Discussion questionsEnd-of-chapter activitiesRecommended readingand resourcesInstructor guidanceGlossary

Honoring Richard Ruiz andhis Work on LanguagePlanning and BilingualEducationEdited by nancy h. hornberger

This book is both a tribute to a remarkable man and apassionate call for social and educational change. RichardRuiz was a quiet and persistent leader in education researchand theory. The volume advances his theories through thereproduction of his own pieces and the publication of those

who studied and worked with Richard over many years. The volume is his legacyto the field and will be a treat and an education for all who read it.ELIZABETH BIRR MOJE, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, USA

This volume brings together a selection of Richard Ruiz’ writings onlanguage planning orientations, bilingual and language minorityeducation, language threat and endangerment, voice andempowerment, and even language fun, accompanied bycontributions from colleagues and former students reflecting andexpanding on Ruiz’ ground-breaking work.

Bilingual education & Bilingualism november 2016 536pp


Translanguaging in Higher EducationBeyond Monolingual IdeologiesEdited by Catherine m. mazak and Kevin s. Carroll

Two factors make this book ground-breaking andtransformational. Firstly, it changes the conversationsthat we have been having about multilingualism inhigher education, providing us with a translanguaginglens. Secondly, it extends our understandings oftranslanguaging itself. The book presents both the

potential of translanguaging, especially in higher education, as well as thetensions and conflicts with which it is sometimes received.OFELIA GARCÍA, THE GRADUATE CENTER, CUNY, USA

This book examines translanguaging in higher education andprovides clear examples of what translanguaging looks like in practicein particular contexts around the world. Chapters show how the useof translanguaging practices allows students and professors to buildon their linguistic repertoires to more effectively learn content.

Bilingual education & Bilingualism December 2016 208pp


Restrictive Language Policy in PracticeEnglish Learners in Arizonaamy J. heineke

Arizona’s monolingual and prescriptive approachto teaching English continues to captureinternational attention. This book examines theexperiences of those involved in Arizona’slanguage policy on a daily basis, highlighting theimportance of local perspectives as well as

preparing and professionalizing teachers of English learners.Bilingual education & Bilingualism november 2016 240pp

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Exploring the US LanguageFlagship ProgramProfessional Competence in aSecond Language by GraduationEdited by Dianna murphy and Karen evans-romaine

As university-based Flagship programs have focused onthe ambitious goals of high-level language proficiencyand intercultural competence, they have naturally servedas sites of curricular innovation that can inspire all of uswho work in undergraduate language education. The

editors have brought together an admirable collection of articles thatdocument the origin of the Flagship, program outcomes, and a range ofcreative curricular paths that make this volume an essential resource.JUDITH E. LISKIN-GASPARRO, UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, USA

The Language Flagship program provides opportunities for USundergraduate students in any specialization to reach a professionallevel of competence in a targeted second language by graduation. Thisvolume highlights innovative practices that enable students to achievethis goal and explores the rationale and history of this federal program.

new Perspectives on language and education november 2016 280pp


Sociolinguistic Variationand Acquisition in Two-Way Language ImmersionNegotiating the Standardrebecca lurie starr

Focusing on a Mandarin-English two-way immersionschool, Starr meticulously analyzes in this book theissue of accents of both languages. She innovativelycombines applied linguistic and sociolinguistic researchand brings our attention to sociolinguistic variations in

bilingual classrooms. Scholars in both sociolinguistics and second languageacquisition should read this book – as well as teachers and parents who workwith bilingual children!WENHAO DIAO, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, USA

This book investigates the acquisition of sociolinguistic knowledge inthe early elementary school years of Mandarin-English two-waylanguage immersion. Using ethnographic observation andquantitative analysis, the author explores how input from teachersand classmates shapes students’ language acquisition.Bilingual education & Bilingualism november 2016 176pp


English Language Teachingas a Second Careersarah J. shin

This book explores the experiences of 30 menand women who train to teach ESL as a secondcareer. It provides portraits of these individualsas they develop as teachers and launch theirnew careers. A welcome addition to thegrowing literature on teacher development, thisbook will be an important resource for anyoneworking in TESOL.

Cal series on language education December 2016 200pp


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Academic BiliteraciesMultilingual Repertoires in Higher EducationEdited by David m. Palfreyman and Christa van der Walt

This book explores issues surrounding biliteracyin academic contexts. Chapters analyse diversemultilingual contexts where biliteracy practicesemerge in response to the demands ofacademic reading and writing. In addition,strategies are presented to support biliteracy

through teaching.

Bilingual education & Bilingualism march 2017 240pp


Talking About Global MigrationImplications for Language Teachingtheresa Catalano

This book features stories from interviews withover 70 migrants from 41 countries, examiningthe language they use when talking about theirmigration experiences. The book interpretscommon themes from the stories using metaphor

and metonymy analysis to lead to more nuanced understandingsof migration that have implications for language teachers.

new Perspectives on language and education may 2016 240pp


New Perspectives onTranslanguaging andEducationEdited by Bethanne Paulsrud, Jenny rosén, Boglárka straszer and Åsa Wedin

This book explores the immense potential oftranslanguaging in various educational settingsand language contexts and considers the need forpedagogy to reflect and embrace diversity.Chapters provide rich empirical research and

document teachers and students negotiating language ideologies intheir everyday communicative practices.Bilingual education & Bilingualism may 2017 248pp


Refugee Resettlement in the United StatesLanguage, Policy, PedagogyEdited by emily m. Feuerherm and Vaidehi ramanathan

This volume brings together scholars from variousdisciplines to discuss how language is used by, forand about refugees in the United States in orderto deepen our understanding of what ‘refugee’and ‘resettlement’ mean. The book will be of

interest to researchers of applied linguistics and sociolinguistics,anthropology and cultural studies.December 2015 208pp


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