The fifth edition of this bestselling book provides a comprehensive introduction to
bilingualism and bilingual education. In a compact and clear style, its 19 chapters cover all …

School has become a high-stakes environment for K-12 English language learners (ELLs)
who are increasingly taught in mainstream classes where they are expected to meet grade …

This Report is submitted by the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research (WMIER),
School of Education, University of Waikato. The Project Director was Professor Stephen May …

This book is the first to explore the constitution of language learner agency by drawing on
performativity theory, an approach that remains on the periphery of second language …

With increasing mobility of people across the world, there is a pressing need to develop
evidence-based teaching practices that lead to high-quality education, which serves the …

This paper summarises the key issues and challenges that have emerged from a recent
major report by the authors on Māori-medium education in Aotearoa/New Zealand. The …

The role of language in relation to identity formation has received relatively little attention
from geographers. Here, drawing on empirical research with Somali young people (aged 11 …

Much of the content-based language teaching (CBLT) literature describes the benefits to be
gained by integrating content with language teaching aims and rejects the formal separation …

The UK, and perhaps particularly England, is often seen as a nation subscribing
wholeheartedly to a monolingual mindset. The national curriculum remains resolutely …

The use of home languages has previously been advocated in highly multilingual UK
classrooms. However, drawing on the home languages and cultural insight of children who …