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This volume provides a comprehensive account of the implementation of bilingual education programs in countries throughout the world. For academics, graduate students, and policymakers, this volume clearly outlines the social and educational goals that can be achieved through bilingual education. It highlights the need to take account of the complex political context of inter-group relationships within which bilingual programs are inevitably embedded.
List of contents
Section 1: Programs for Indigenous Groups.- 1. Bilingual Programs Involving Aboriginal Languages in Australia.- 2. Maori-English Bilingual Education in New Zealand.- 3. Bilingual Education in Africa: An Overview.- 4. Language in Education in Kenyan Schools.- 5. American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Bilinguai Education.- 6. Bilingual Education for Indigenous Groups in Canada.- 7. Bilingual Education for Indigenous Groups in India.- 8. Saami Bilingual Education in Norway.- 9. Bilingual Education in the South Pacific.- Section 2: Programs for National Minority Groups.- 10. Bilingual Education in the Basque Country.- 11. Bilingual Education in Slovenia.- 12. Bilingual Education in Friesland.- 13. Bilingual Education in Ireland, Scotland and Wales.- 14. Ladino-Italian Bilingual Programs in Italy.- 15. Sorb-German Bilingual Education.- 16. Bilingual Education in China.- 17. French Language Minority Education in Canada.- 18. Bilingual Education in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.- Section 3: Programs for International (Migrant) Minority Groups.- 19. Bilingual Education in the United States.- 20. Bilingual Education for Immigrant Students in the Netherlands.- 21. Australian Bilingual Education.- 22. Bilingual Education for Finnish Minority Students in Sweden.- Section 4: Programs for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students.- 23. Deaf Bilingual Bicultural Education.- Section 5: Programs for Dominant Language Groups.- 24. Immersion Programs in Brunei.- 25. Bilingual Education in Lebanon.- 26. French Immersion Programs in Canada.- 27. Two-Way Bilingual Education Programs in the United States.- 28. Bilingual Education in Hong Kong.- 29. Swedish Immersion Programs in Finland.- 30. Immersion Education in Catalonia.- Name Index.- Tables of Contents Other Volumes.
About the author
Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hornberger's areas of specialization include language planning and policy; bilingualism, bilingual education and biliteracy; and the ethnography of communication.
Summary
This volume provides a comprehensive account of the implementation of bilingual education programs in countries throughout the world. It highlights the need to take account of the complex political context of inter-group relationships within which bilingual programs are inevitably embedded.
