The Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education
Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
1. Edition May 2015
686 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-1-118-53349-9
John Wiley & Sons
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The Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education presents the first comprehensive international reference work of the latest policies, practices, and theories related to the dynamic interdisciplinary field of bilingual and multilingual education.
* Represents the first comprehensive reference work that covers bilingual, multilingual, and multicultural educational policies and practices around the world
* Features contributions from 78 established and emerging international scholars
* Offers extensive coverage in sixteen chapters of language and education issues in specific and diverse regional/geographic contexts, including South Africa, Mexico, Latvia, Cambodia, Japan, and Texas
* Covers pedagogical issues such as language assessment as well as offering evolving perspectives on the needs of specific learner populations, such as ELLs, learners with language impairments, and bilingual education outside of the classroom
Acknowledgments xi
Notes on Contributors xiii
1 Introduction: Key Concepts and Issues in Bilingual and Multilingual Education 1
Wayne E. Wright, Sovicheth Boun, and Ofelia García
Section 1 Foundations for Bilingual and Multilingual Education 17
2 Egalitarian Bi/multilingualism and Trans(c)\semiotizing in a Global World 19
Angel Lin
3 Bilingualism and Creativity: An Educational Perspective 38
Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin
4 Language Acquisition in Bilingual Education 56
Guadalupe Valdés, Luis Poza, and Maneka Deanna Brooks
5 Literacy in Bilingual and Multilingual Education 75
Viv Edwards
6 Culture in Bilingual and Multilingual Education: Conflict, Struggle, and Power 92
Laura A. Valdiviezo and Sonia Nieto
7 A Synthesis of Research on Bilingual and Multilingual Education 109
Colin Baker and Gwyn Lewis
8 Researching Bilingual and Multilingual Education Multilingually: A Linguistic Ethnographic Approach 127
Angela Creese, Adrian Blackledge, with Arvind Bhatt, Carla Jonsson, Kasper Juffermans, Jinling Li, Peter Martin, Anu Muhonen, and Jaspreet Kaur Takhi
9 Intersections of Language Ideology, Power, and Identity: Bilingual Education and Indigenous Language
Revitalization in French Polynesia 145
Mirose Paia, Jim Cummins, Isabelle Nocus, Marie Salaün, and Jacques Vernaudon
10 Language Policy and Planning in Education 164
Terrence G. Wiley
11 Language Rights 185
Tove Skutnabb(c)\Kangas
Section 2 Pedagogical Issues and Practices in Bilingual and Multilingual Education 203
Practices and Pedagogies for Bilingualism and Multilingualism 203
12 Programs and Structures in Bilingual and Multilingual Education 205
Nelson Flores and Hugo Baetens Beardsmore
13 Translanguaging, Bilingualism, and Bilingual Education 223
Ofelia García and Li Wei
14 Multiliteracies, Pedagogies, and Academic Literacy 241
Madhav Kafle and Suresh Canagarajah
15 Language Assessment: Past to Present Misuses and Future Possibilities 253
Elana Shohamy and Kate Menken
16 Teacher Education and Support 270
Anne(c)\Marie de Mejía and Christine Hélot
17 Parent and Community Involvement in Bilingual and Multilingual Education 282
M. Beatriz Arias
School Levels and Special Populations 299
18 Early Childhood Education and Dual Language Learners 301
Eugene E. García and Amy M. Markos
19 Primary School Bilingual Education: Pedagogical Issues and Practices 319
María Estela Brisk, Ester J. de Jong, and Meredith C. Moore
20 Secondary Bilingual Education: Cutting the Gordian Knot 336
Christian Faltis and Frank Ramirez(c)\Marín
21 Bi/Multilingual Higher Education: Perspectives and Practices 354
Christa van der Walt
22 Bilingual Education and Students with Dis/Abilities and Exceptionalities 372
Teddi Beam(c)\Conroy and Patricia Alvarez McHatton
23 Bilingual Deaf Education 391
Timothy Reagan
24 Bilingual(c)\Multilingual Education and Indigenous Peoples 409
Tiffany S. Lee and Teresa L. McCarty
25 Nonformal Bilingual Education 428
Lesley Bartlett and Monisha Bajaj
Section 3 Global Dimensions of Bilingual and Multilingual Education 447
26 A Dual Language Revolution in the United States? On the Bumpy Road from Compensatory to Enrichment Education for Bilingual Children in Texas 449
Deborah K. Palmer, Christian E. Zuñiga, and Kathryn Henderson
27 Global Dimensions of Bilingual and Multilingual Education: Canada 461
Thomas Ricento
28 Minority Languages, State Languages, and English in European Education 473
Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter
29 Contested Notions of Bilingualism and Trilingualism in the People's Republic of China 484
Anwei Feng and Bob Adamson
30 Bilingual Education in Japan: Slow but Steady Progress 495
Akie Tomozawa and Junko Majima
31 Breaking the Façade of Linguistic and Cultural Homogeneity: Education for Multicultural Children in South Korea 506
Jin Sook Lee
32 Striving for Education for All through Bilingual Education in Cambodia 517
Wayne E. Wright and Sovicheth Boun
33 Bilingual and Multilingual Education in Brunei and Malaysia: Policies and Practices 531
Gary M. Jones
34 Multilingual Education in South Asia: The Burden of the Double Divide 542
Minati Panda and Ajit K. Mohanty
35 "Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth": Tension and Conflict between Language Institutions in South Africa 554
Sinfree Makoni and Busi Makoni
36 A Panoramic View of Bilingual Education in Sub(c)\Saharan Africa: Reorienting the Lens for the Future 566
Leketi Makalela
37 Language Education in Mexico: Access, Equity, and Ideology 578
Peter Sayer and Mario López Gopar
38 Indigenous Youth and Adult Education in Latin America 592
Luis Enrique López
39 Multilingual Education across Oceania 604
Joseph Lo Bianco
40 Language, Conflict, and Social Change: Arabic Bilingual Education in the Middle East and North Africa 618
Zeena Zakharia
41 Bilingual and Multilingual Education in the Former Soviet Republics: The Case of Latvia 632
Gatis Dil¨¡ns and Brigita Zepa
Index 645
Notes on Contributors xiii
1 Introduction: Key Concepts and Issues in Bilingual and Multilingual Education 1
Wayne E. Wright, Sovicheth Boun, and Ofelia García
Section 1 Foundations for Bilingual and Multilingual Education 17
2 Egalitarian Bi/multilingualism and Trans(c)\semiotizing in a Global World 19
Angel Lin
3 Bilingualism and Creativity: An Educational Perspective 38
Anatoliy V. Kharkhurin
4 Language Acquisition in Bilingual Education 56
Guadalupe Valdés, Luis Poza, and Maneka Deanna Brooks
5 Literacy in Bilingual and Multilingual Education 75
Viv Edwards
6 Culture in Bilingual and Multilingual Education: Conflict, Struggle, and Power 92
Laura A. Valdiviezo and Sonia Nieto
7 A Synthesis of Research on Bilingual and Multilingual Education 109
Colin Baker and Gwyn Lewis
8 Researching Bilingual and Multilingual Education Multilingually: A Linguistic Ethnographic Approach 127
Angela Creese, Adrian Blackledge, with Arvind Bhatt, Carla Jonsson, Kasper Juffermans, Jinling Li, Peter Martin, Anu Muhonen, and Jaspreet Kaur Takhi
9 Intersections of Language Ideology, Power, and Identity: Bilingual Education and Indigenous Language
Revitalization in French Polynesia 145
Mirose Paia, Jim Cummins, Isabelle Nocus, Marie Salaün, and Jacques Vernaudon
10 Language Policy and Planning in Education 164
Terrence G. Wiley
11 Language Rights 185
Tove Skutnabb(c)\Kangas
Section 2 Pedagogical Issues and Practices in Bilingual and Multilingual Education 203
Practices and Pedagogies for Bilingualism and Multilingualism 203
12 Programs and Structures in Bilingual and Multilingual Education 205
Nelson Flores and Hugo Baetens Beardsmore
13 Translanguaging, Bilingualism, and Bilingual Education 223
Ofelia García and Li Wei
14 Multiliteracies, Pedagogies, and Academic Literacy 241
Madhav Kafle and Suresh Canagarajah
15 Language Assessment: Past to Present Misuses and Future Possibilities 253
Elana Shohamy and Kate Menken
16 Teacher Education and Support 270
Anne(c)\Marie de Mejía and Christine Hélot
17 Parent and Community Involvement in Bilingual and Multilingual Education 282
M. Beatriz Arias
School Levels and Special Populations 299
18 Early Childhood Education and Dual Language Learners 301
Eugene E. García and Amy M. Markos
19 Primary School Bilingual Education: Pedagogical Issues and Practices 319
María Estela Brisk, Ester J. de Jong, and Meredith C. Moore
20 Secondary Bilingual Education: Cutting the Gordian Knot 336
Christian Faltis and Frank Ramirez(c)\Marín
21 Bi/Multilingual Higher Education: Perspectives and Practices 354
Christa van der Walt
22 Bilingual Education and Students with Dis/Abilities and Exceptionalities 372
Teddi Beam(c)\Conroy and Patricia Alvarez McHatton
23 Bilingual Deaf Education 391
Timothy Reagan
24 Bilingual(c)\Multilingual Education and Indigenous Peoples 409
Tiffany S. Lee and Teresa L. McCarty
25 Nonformal Bilingual Education 428
Lesley Bartlett and Monisha Bajaj
Section 3 Global Dimensions of Bilingual and Multilingual Education 447
26 A Dual Language Revolution in the United States? On the Bumpy Road from Compensatory to Enrichment Education for Bilingual Children in Texas 449
Deborah K. Palmer, Christian E. Zuñiga, and Kathryn Henderson
27 Global Dimensions of Bilingual and Multilingual Education: Canada 461
Thomas Ricento
28 Minority Languages, State Languages, and English in European Education 473
Jasone Cenoz and Durk Gorter
29 Contested Notions of Bilingualism and Trilingualism in the People's Republic of China 484
Anwei Feng and Bob Adamson
30 Bilingual Education in Japan: Slow but Steady Progress 495
Akie Tomozawa and Junko Majima
31 Breaking the Façade of Linguistic and Cultural Homogeneity: Education for Multicultural Children in South Korea 506
Jin Sook Lee
32 Striving for Education for All through Bilingual Education in Cambodia 517
Wayne E. Wright and Sovicheth Boun
33 Bilingual and Multilingual Education in Brunei and Malaysia: Policies and Practices 531
Gary M. Jones
34 Multilingual Education in South Asia: The Burden of the Double Divide 542
Minati Panda and Ajit K. Mohanty
35 "Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth": Tension and Conflict between Language Institutions in South Africa 554
Sinfree Makoni and Busi Makoni
36 A Panoramic View of Bilingual Education in Sub(c)\Saharan Africa: Reorienting the Lens for the Future 566
Leketi Makalela
37 Language Education in Mexico: Access, Equity, and Ideology 578
Peter Sayer and Mario López Gopar
38 Indigenous Youth and Adult Education in Latin America 592
Luis Enrique López
39 Multilingual Education across Oceania 604
Joseph Lo Bianco
40 Language, Conflict, and Social Change: Arabic Bilingual Education in the Middle East and North Africa 618
Zeena Zakharia
41 Bilingual and Multilingual Education in the Former Soviet Republics: The Case of Latvia 632
Gatis Dil¨¡ns and Brigita Zepa
Index 645
Wayne E. Wright is Professor and Barbara I. Cook Chair of Literacy and Language in the College of Education at Purdue University. He is Editor of the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement and Book Review Editor of the International Multilingual Research Journal. His most recent book is Foundations of Teaching English Language Learners: Research, Theory, Policy, & Practice (2nd ed., 2015).
Sovicheth Boun is the Visiting Assistant Professor of TESOL in the Department of Language, Learning, and Leadership at the State University of New York at Fredonia.
Ofelia García is Professor of Urban Education and Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her most recent books include Translanguaging: Language, Bilingualism and Education (with Li Wei, 2014), and Bilingual Community Education and Multilingualism: Beyond Heritage Languages in a Global City (with Zakharia & Otcu, 2013). She is Associate General Editor of The International Journal of the Sociology of Language.
Sovicheth Boun is the Visiting Assistant Professor of TESOL in the Department of Language, Learning, and Leadership at the State University of New York at Fredonia.
Ofelia García is Professor of Urban Education and Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Her most recent books include Translanguaging: Language, Bilingualism and Education (with Li Wei, 2014), and Bilingual Community Education and Multilingualism: Beyond Heritage Languages in a Global City (with Zakharia & Otcu, 2013). She is Associate General Editor of The International Journal of the Sociology of Language.
