Encyclopedia of Language and Education, Volume 5: Bilingual Education

Cummins, Jim, and David Corson, editors

ISBN 10: 0792348060 / ISBN 13: 9780792348061

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht and Boston, 1997

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Hardcover. An ex-library copy in original brown cloth lettered in gold, with the usual ex-libris markings (but no card pocket). The binding is sound, the text is clean/unmarked, and there is little cover wear. No dust jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Encyclopedia of Language and Education, Volume 5: Bilingual Education
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht and Boston
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792348060
• ISBN 13: 9780792348061
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

This volume provides a comprehensive account of the implementation of bilingual education programmes in countries throughout the world. Bilingual programmes have been implemented to achieve a variety of educational and social goals in different contexts. Some programmes are intended to support the maintenance of national minority languages or to revitalize languages whose long-term survival is threatened; others aim to help recent immigrants succeed academically while making the transition to instruction taught primarily through the majority language of the society. In addition, bilingual programmes have been used to teach additional languages to students from the majority or dominant language group. Similar theoretical principles underlie the development of bilingual conversational and academic skills in all these diverse contexts.