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Bilingual and Multilingual Education

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  • © 2017

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Editors:
  1. Ofelia García

    1. The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, USA

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  2. Angel M. Y. Lin

    1. Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

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  3. Stephen May

    1. Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

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  • Fully revised and updated 3rd edition of landmark reference work
  • Includes one new volume on Language, Education and Technology
  • Truly global coverage of language and education
  • Special emphasis on language and education in bi/multilingual contexts
  • Necessary reference for every university and college library topic
  • The text of each review is followed by a reference list containing about 30 key references mentioned in the text
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Language and Education (ELE)

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Table of contents (33 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Extending Understandings of Bilingual and Multilingual Education

    • Ofelia García, Angel M. Y. Lin
    Pages 1-20

  3. General Foundations of Bilingual and Multilingual Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Sociopolitical Issues in Bilingual Education

      • Nelson Flores, Jeff Bale
      Pages 23-34

    3. Bilingual Education Policy

      • Munene Mwaniki, M. Beatriz Arias, Terrence G. Wiley
      Pages 35-49

    4. Language Rights and Bilingual Education

      • Tove Skutnabb-Kangas
      Pages 51-63

    5. Key Concepts in Bilingual Education

      • Wayne E. Wright, Colin Baker
      Pages 65-79

    6. Bilingual Education: What the Research Tells Us

      • Stephen May
      Pages 81-100

  4. Language, Literacy, and Identity in Bilingual and Multilingual Education

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101
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    2. Teaching for Transfer in Multilingual School Contexts

      • Jim Cummins
      Pages 103-115

    3. Translanguaging in Bilingual Education

      • Ofelia García, Angel M. Y. Lin
      Pages 117-130

    4. Signed Languages in Bilingual Education

      • Sangeeta Bagga-Gupta
      Pages 131-145

    5. Biliteracy and Multiliteracy in Bilingual Education

      • Diana Schwinge
      Pages 147-159

    6. Multicompetence Approaches to Language Proficiency Development in Multilingual Education

      • Ulrike Jessner
      Pages 161-173

    7. Identity, Transnationalism, and Bilingual Education

      • Tae-Hee Choi
      Pages 175-189

    8. Sign Bilingualism in Deaf Education

      • Gladys Tang
      Pages 191-203

  5. Bilingual and Multilingual Education in Asia and the Middle East

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Bilingual Education in Hong Kong

      • Miguel Pérez-Milans
      Pages 207-218

    3. Bilingual Education in the People’s Republic of China

      • Xuesong Andy Gao, Weihong Wang
      Pages 219-231

    4. Bilingual Education in India and Pakistan

      • Ahmar Mahboob, Rashi Jain
      Pages 233-246
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About this book

In this third, fully revised edition, the 10 volume Encyclopedia of Language and Education offers the newest developments, including an entirely new volume of research and scholarly content, essential to the field of language teaching and learning in the age of globalization. In the selection of topics and contributors, the Encyclopedia reflects the depth of disciplinary knowledge, breadth of interdisciplinary perspective, and diversity of socio-geographic experience in the language and education field. Throughout, there is an inclusion of contributions from non-English speaking and non-western parts of the world, providing truly global coverage. Furthermore, the authors have sought to integrate these voices fully into the whole, rather than as special cases or international perspectives in separate sections. The Encyclopedia is a necessary reference set for every university and college library in the world that serves a faculty or school of education, as well as being highly relevant to the fields of applied and socio-linguistics. The publication of this work charts the further deepening and broadening of the field of language and education since the publication of the first edition of the Encyclopedia in 1997 and the second edition in 2008.

Reviews

“The book tackles contentious issues such as bilingualism's perceived threat to nation-state unity and the irresistible rise of English as a prestige second language. Libraries supporting applied and sociolinguistics programs should acquire this edition. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students through researchers and faculty.” (C. B. Thurston, Choice, Vol. 55 (5), January, 2018)

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, USA

    Ofelia García

  • Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

    Angel M. Y. Lin

  • Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

    Stephen May

About the editors

Prior to taking up his position at The University of Auckland, Professor Stephen May was Foundation Professor and Chair of Language and Literacy Education in the School of Education, University of Waikato (2001-2009). In the 1st semester of 2008, he was also a New Zealand Fulbright Senior Scholar, based at Arizona State University, Teachers College, Columbia University and City University New York, where he undertook a comparative ethnographic study of successful school-based bilingual education programs. In 2001, he was a visiting scholar at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. Stephen began his professional career in the 1980s as a secondary teacher of English and ESL in New Zealand and has subsequently taught in universities in New Zealand, Britain, USA and Canada. From 1993-2001 he taught in the Sociology Department, University of Bristol, UK, where he remains affiliated as a Honorary Research Fellow.

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