What are the educational needs of bilingual children? What methods can be deployed to
develop their education? And-most important of all-how can their bilinguality be an asset in …

This handbook applies proven techniques, derived from bilingual/bicultural classrooms, to
teaching literacy in the twenty-first century. Its goal is to help teachers increase their …

Literacy is an issue of fundamental importance to educators, parents, and students.
However, discussion of literacy learning and teaching has tended until relatively recently to …

In the United States, a large and growing number of students from culturally and
linguistically diverse backgrounds have the potential to develop bilingualism and biliteracy if …

We invited lit er acy researchers and teacher edu cators to con trib ute to this book based on
their understanding of and engagement with research in the area of early childhood …

This book sets a high standard for rigor and scientific approach to the study of bilingualism
and provides new insights regarding the critical issues of theory and practice, including the …

This revised edition of Bilingualism in Schools and Society is an accessible introduction to
the sociolinguistic and educational aspects of and the political issues surrounding …

This is the most comprehensive, up-to-date volume on the state of bilingual education in the
United States and, in particular, on effective curriculum and instructional approaches …

The factors involved in language and literacy learning highlight a range of linguistic and
social processes, which combine to significantly affect children's retention or loss of the …

Given that many children spend around 15,000 hours in school, there is potentially ample
opportunity for bilingualism and biliteracy to develop. In many countries (eg Canada …