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Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism - (Bilingual Education & Bilingualism) 8th Edition by Wayne E Wright & Colin Baker
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- The eighth edition of this bestselling textbook has been revised and updated to provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education in an everchanging world.
- About the Author: Wayne E. Wright is an Associate Dean, Professor, and the Barbara I. Cook Chair of Literacy and Language in the College of Education at Purdue University, USA.
- 608 Pages
- Education, Special Education
- Series Name: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
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About the Book
The eighth edition of this bestselling textbook has been revised and updated to provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education in an everchanging world. Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in bilingualism at individual, group and societal levels.
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The eighth edition of this bestselling textbook has been revised and updated to provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education in an everchanging world. Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in bilingualism at individual, group and societal levels.
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The eighth edition of Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism remains an indispensable resource for understanding the theories, policies, and issues surrounding bilingualism and education on a global scale. With expanded content and contemporary insights, this edition provides critical perspectives for students and scholars seeking a deeper understanding of these complex topics.
For over 30 years I have been privileged to watch how this classic text has relied on its own foundations to build new and up-to-date understandings of bilingual/multilingual people and their education. This edition is not simply an update; it opens up new ways of perceiving different individual, sociolinguistic, sociopolitical and socioeducational realities marked by differences in power, status, race, gender, as well as language. Following Baker, Wright provides readers with a forward-looking and holistic understanding of bilingual education, providing readers with multiple interpretive lenses to meaningfully educate bilingual learners.
The eighth edition of Wayne Wright and Colin Baker's comprehensive text for the field of bilingual education and bilingualism has arrived! This new edition offers updated references and topics throughout, along with fully revised and expanded treatments of bilingualism and the brain (by Huang) and Deaf bilingualism (by Andrews & Nover). Start with this text if you need an introduction to nearly every topic in our field. After a balanced and rigorously cited discussion in every chapter, you'll find references to further readings and resources, engaging discussion questions, and relevant activities.
About the Author
Wayne E. Wright is an Associate Dean, Professor, and the Barbara I. Cook Chair of Literacy and Language in the College of Education at Purdue University, USA. He has over 100 research publications and is the author of a bestselling book on teaching English language learners. He is the co-editor of the Journal of Language, Identity, and Education and co-editor of the Bilingual Education and Bilingualism book series for Multilingual Matters.
Colin Baker is Emeritus Professor at Bangor University, UK. He is the author of over 140 research publications, a bestselling book for parents of bilingual children and an encyclopedia, all on the subject of bilingualism, as well as the seven previous editions of this textbook. He is the former co-editor of the Bilingual Education and Bilingualism book series for Multilingual Matters and was editor of the International Journal of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education for 15 years.