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    Bilingual Education in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective / Edition 1

    Bilingual Education in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective / Edition 1

    by Ofelia Garcia

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    • ISBN-13: 9781405119948
    • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
    • Publication date: 01/28/2008
    • Edition description: New Edition
    • Pages: 496
    • Product dimensions: 6.70(w) x 9.60(h) x 1.20(d)

    Ofelia García is Professor of Urban Education at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She has been Professor of Bilingual Education at Columbia University's Teachers College, and at The City College of New York; and has been Dean of the School of Education in the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University. Among her publications are Imagining Multilingual Schools (with T. Skutnabb-Kangas and M. Torres-Guzmán), A Reader in Bilingual Education (with C. Baker), Language Loyalty, Continuity and Change: Joshua Fishman's Contributions to International Sociolinguistics (with Rakhmiel Peltz and Harold Schiffman), and The Multilingual Apple: Languages in New York City (with J.A. Fishman). She is a Fellow of the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) in South Africa, and has been a Fulbright Scholar, and a Spencer Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Education.

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    Table of Contents

    List of Figures ix

    List of Tables x

    Preface and Acknowledgments (and a Caveat) xii

    Part I Bilingual Education for All 1

    1 Introducing Bilingual Education 3

    Scenarios 3

    Introduction 5

    What Is Bilingual Education? 5

    Beneficiaries and Reasons 11

    Geopolitics and Language Orientations 13

    Summary 16

    Conclusion 17

    Part II Bilingualism and Education 19

    2 Languaging and Education 21

    Introduction 22

    Language Constructions 23

    Languaging 31

    Conclusion 40

    3 Bilingualism and Translanguaging 42

    Introduction 43

    Bilingualism and Translanguaging 44

    Models of Bilingualism 51

    Questioning Assumptions 56

    Bilingual Abilities 61

    Bilingual Development 63

    Neurolinguistic and Psycholinguistic Considerations 67

    Conclusion 71

    4 The Sociopolitics of Bilingualism 73

    Introduction 73

    Transglossia 75

    Language Maintenance, Shift, and Revitalization 80

    Language Ideologies 82

    Language Policy as Right and Resource 84

    Conclusion 91

    5 Benefits of Bilingualism 93

    Introduction 94

    Cognitive Advantages 94

    Social Advantages 97

    Intervening Factors 101

    Conclusion 107

    Part III Bilingual Education Policy 109

    6 Bilingual Education: Frameworks and Types 111

    Introduction: The Social Context 112

    Bilingual Education Models? 113

    Bilingual Education Theoretical Frameworks 115

    Bilingual Education Types 123

    Conclusion 135

    7 Bilingual Education: Factors and Variables 137
    by Hugo Baetens Beardsmore

    Introduction 137

    Situational Factor 138

    Operational Factor 146

    Outcome Factor 152

    Integrating Situational, Operational, and Outcome Factors 156

    Conclusion 157

    8 U.S. Language Policy in Education 159

    Introduction 159

    The Past 160

    The Present 174

    Conclusion 193

    9 Language Promotion by European Supra-national Institutions 197
    by Hugo Baetens Beardsmore

    Introduction 197

    The Council of Europe 198

    The European Commission 204

    Bilingual Education: CLIL/EMILE 208

    Conclusion 216

    10 Monoglossic Bilingual Education Policy 218

    Introduction 219

    Policies for Transition: Transitional Bilingual Education 221

    Policies for Maintenance and Enrichment: Maintenance Bilingual Education 231

    Policies for Enrichment of Social Elite: Prestigious Bilingual Education 236

    Policy for Enrichment of Language Majorities: Immersion Bilingual Education 237

    Conclusion 240

    11 Heteroglossic Bilingual Education Policy 244
    by Ofelia García and Hugo Baetens Beardsmore, with contributions by Debra Cole and Zeena Zakharia

    Introduction 245

    Policies for Language Revitalization: Immersion Revitalization Bilingual Education 247

    Policies for Development of Minority Languages: Developmental Bilingual Education 251

    Policy for Plurilingualism across Groups: Poly-Directional or Two-Way Bilingual Education (Dual Language) 257

    Policies for Plurilingualism within Groups: CLIL and CLIL-Type Bilingual Education 264

    Policies for Multiple Languages: Multiple Multilingual Education 266

    Conclusion 280

    Part IV Bilingual Education Practices 287

    12 Bilingualism in the Curriculum 289

    Introduction 289

    Bilingual Allocation 290

    Bilingual Arrangements 291

    Bilingual Practices: Translanguaging 304

    Models of Bilingual Teaching 308

    Conclusion 309

    13 Bilingual Education Pedagogy and Practices 312

    Introduction 312

    Bilingual Education Approaches and Methods 313

    Principles and Practices of Bilingual Education Pedagogy 318

    Strategies: Scaffolding 329

    Conclusion 335

    14 Biliteracy Practices and Pedagogy 337

    Introduction 337

    A Sociocultural Approach 338

    The Continua of Biliteracy 340

    Models of Biliteracy Use 342

    Biliteracy Sequencing 344

    Written Language and Texts 346

    Instructional Approaches 351

    The Biliteracy Workshop 354

    Conclusion 364

    15 Assessment of Bilinguals 366
    by Ofelia García and Hugo Baetens Beardsmore

    Introduction 366

    The Power of Assessment 367

    Assessing Bilinguals 369

    Democratic Assessment for Bilinguals 378

    Conclusion 378

    Part V Bilingual Education for the Twenty-first Century 381

    Conclusion 383

    Appendix: Myths and Realities 390
    by Cristina Muir, Yesenia Morales, Lori Falchi, and Ofelia García

    Notes 395

    Bibliography 410

    Author Index 459

    Subject Index 466

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    "This book will become a classic in the bilingual education literature. It provides a comprehensive overview of bilingual education at the levels of philosophy, policy, provision and practice. It has international relevance, global understandings and is suitable for a worldwide readership."
    –Colin Baker, Bangor University

    "Ofelia García writes with wisdom, heart, and an unshakable conviction that bilingual education is the best education for all children in today’s world. A must read for educators everywhere."
    –Nancy Hornberger, University of Pennsylvania

    "Ofelia (and Hugo) have unemployed a lot of researchers. After this book, there is no need for another book on bi/multilingual education for a decade. With its creativity, new conceptualisations, enormous worldwide knowledge and unusual combination of path-breaking theory and insider knowledge about schools, this is, The Book on bilingual education."
    –Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, University of Roskilde

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    Bilingual Education in the 21st Century examines languages and bilingualism as individual and societal phenomena, presents program types, variables, and policies in bilingual education, and concludes by looking at practices, especially pedagogies and assessments. This thought-provoking work is an ideal textbook for future teachers as well as providing a fresh view of the subject for school administrators and policy makers.

    • Provides an overview of bilingual education theories and practices throughout the world
    • Extends traditional conceptions of bilingualism and bilingual education to include global and local concerns in the 21st century
    • Questions assumptions regarding language, bilingualism and bilingual education, and proposes a new theoretical framework and alternative views of teaching and assessment practices
    • Reviews international bilingual education policies, with separate chapters dedicated to US and EU language policy in education
    • Gives reasons why bilingual education is good for all children throughout the world, and presents cases of how this is being carried out

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    From the Publisher

    “Aside from the conceptual issues highlighted above, the detailed discussions of multilingual education policy alone make the book worth buying for scholars of language in education issues.”  (Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, 10 April 2012)

    “Garcia concludes with a detailed examination of bilingual education practices and their intended outcomes, which should be mandated reading for curriculum specialists and school principals.” (Choice Reviews, June 2009)
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