Overview

This volume provides a comprehensive account of the implementation of bilingual education programmes in countries throughout the world. Bilingual programs have been implemented to achieve a variety of educational and social goals in different contexts. Some programmes are intended to support the maintenance of national minority languages or to revitalize languages whose long-term survival is threatened; others aim to help recent immigrants succeed academically while making the transition to instruction taught primarily through the majority language of the society. In addition, bilingual programmes have been used to teach additional languages to students from the majority or dominant language group. Similar theoretical principles underlie the development of bilingual conversational and academic skills in all these diverse contexts. For academics, graduate students, and policy-makers, this volume clearly outlines the social and educational goals that can be achieved through bilingual education. It also highlights the need to take account of the complex political context of inter-group relationships within which bilingual programs are inevitably embedded.

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Author:   Jim Cummins ,  P. Corson
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.641kg
ISBN:  

9780792349327

ISBN 10:   0792349326
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   31 May 1999
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table 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.

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