Bilingualism in Education - Aspects of Theory, Research and Practice

This is a remarkably interesting and useful book...it makes a significant contribution to our knowledge and understanding of both bilingualism and education.'
Journal of Education Policy

List of contents

Part 1 The educational development of bilingual children; Section 2 Metalinguistic and cognitive development; Chapter 1 ::; Chapter 2 ::; Section 33 Bilingual education; Chapter 3 ::; Chapter 4 ::; Chapter 5 Linguistic interdependence: a central principle of bilingual education; Section 3 Programme planning for bilingualism; Chapter 6 ::; Part 2 Bilingual proficiency; Section 4 The construct of bilingual proficiency; Chapter 7 ::; Chapter 8 ::; Section 5 The assessment of language proficiency; Chapter 9 ::; Chapter 10 ::; Section 6 A synthesis; Chapter 11 Towards a theory of bilingual proficiency development;

Product details

• Authors: Jim Cummins, Jim Swain Cummins, Merrill Swain
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2016
• EAN: 9781138151802
• ISBN: 978-1-138-15180-2
• No. of pages: 254
• Series: Applied Linguistics and Language Study
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Education, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy