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Author García, Ofelia.

Title Bilingual education in the 21st century : a global perspective / Ofelia García ; with contributions by Hugo Baetens Beardsmore.

Publication Info. Malden, MA ; Oxford : Wiley-Blackwell Pub., 2009.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  370.117 G216B    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 481 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [410]-458) and indexes.
Contents Part I Bilingual Education for All -- Introducing bilingual education -- Scenarios -- Introduction -- What is bilingual education? -- Beneficiaries and reasons -- Geopolitics and language orientations -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Part II Bilingualism and Education -- Languaging and education -- Introduction -- Language constructions -- Languaging -- Conclusion -- Bilingualism and translanguaging -- Introduction -- Bilingualism and translanguaging -- Models of bilingualism -- Questioning assumptions -- Bilingual abilities -- Bilingual development -- Neurolinguistic and psycholinguistic considerations -- Conclusion -- The sociopolitics of bilingualism -- Introduction -- Transglossia -- Language maintenance, shift, and revitalization -- Language ideologies -- Language policy as right and resource -- Conclusion -- Benefits of bilingualism -- Introduction -- Cognitive advantages -- Social advantages -- Intervening factors -- Conclusion -- Part III Bilingual Education Policy -- Bilingual education: frameworks and types -- Introduction: the social context -- Bilingual education models? -- Bilingual education theoretical frameworks -- Bilingual education types -- Conclusion -- Bilingual education: factors and variables / Hugo Baetens Beardsmore -- Introduction -- Situational factor -- Operational factor -- Outcome factor -- Integrating situational, operational, and outcome factors -- Conclusion -- U.S. language policy in education -- Introduction -- The past -- The present -- Conclusion -- Language promotion by European supra-national institutions / Hugo Baetens Beardsmore -- Introduction -- The council of Europe -- The European commission -- Bilingual education: CLIL/EMILE -- Conclusion -- Monoglossic bilingual education policy -- Introduction -- Policies for transition: transitional bilingual education -- Policies for maintenance and enrichment: maintenance bilingual education -- Policies for enrichment of social elite: prestigious bilingual education -- Policy for enrichment of language majorities: immersion bilingual education -- Conclusion -- Heteroglossic bilingual education policy / Ofelia Garcia and Hugo Baetens Beardsmore, with contributions by Debra Cole and Zeena Zakharia -- Introduction -- Policies for language revitalization: immersion revitalization bilingual education -- Policies for development of minority languages: developmental bilingual education -- Policy for plurilingualism across groups: poly-directional or two-way bilingual education (dual language) -- Policies for plurilingualism within groups: CLIL and CLIL-type bilingual education -- Policies for multiple languages: multiple multilingual education -- Conclusion --
Part IV Bilingual Education Practices -- Bilingualism in the curriculum -- Introduction -- Bilingual allocation -- Bilingual arrangements -- Bilingual practices: translanguaging -- Models of bilingual teaching -- Conclusion -- Bilingual education pedagogy and practices -- Introduction -- Bilingual education approaches and methods -- Principles and practices of bilingual education pedagogy -- Strategies: scaffolding -- Conclusion -- Biliteracy practices and pedagogy -- Introduction -- A sociocultural approach -- The continua of biliteracy -- Models of biliteracy use -- Biliteracy sequencing -- Written language and texts -- Instructional approaches -- The biliteracy workshop -- Conclusion -- Assessment of bilinguals / Ofelia Garcia and Hugo Baetens Beardsmore -- Introduction -- The power of assessment -- Assessing bilinguals -- Democratic assessment for bilinguals -- Conclusion -- Part V Bilingual Education for the Twenty-first Century -- Conclusion -- Appendix: myths and realities / Cristina Muir, Yesenia Morales, Lori Falchi, and Ofelia Garcia.
Subject Education, Bilingual.
Added Author Baetens Beardsmore, Hugo.
Added Title Bilingual education in the twenty-first century
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