36.1541, Books: Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism: Wright and Baker (2025)

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Date: 15-May-2025
From: Flo McClelland [flo at multilingual-matters.com]
Subject: Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism: Wright and Baker (2025)


Title: Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Subtitle: 8th Edition
Series Title: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
Publication Year: 2025

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
           http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
Book URL:
https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?K=9781836680536

Author(s): Wayne E. Wright and Colin Baker

Pbk ISBN 9781836680536 £39.95 / US$49.95 / €47.95
Hbk ISBN 9781836680543 £119.95 / US$159.95 / €142.95
EPUB ISBN 9781836680550 £25.00 / US$35.00 / €30.00
PDF ISBN 9781836680567 £25.00 / US$35.00 / €30.00

Abstract:

The eighth edition of this bestselling textbook has been revised and
updated to provide a comprehensive and accessible introduction to
bilingualism and bilingual education in an everchanging world. Written
in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues
in bilingualism and multilingualism at individual, group and societal
levels. Updates to the new edition include:
- Updated chapters with over 500 new citations and the latest
demographic and statistical information.
- An expanded Chapter 16 on Deaf-Signing People,
Bilingualism/Multilingualism and Bilingual Education, to give readers
a thorough grounding in the history of Deaf bilingual education, and
in the latest research.
- Several new, or more thoroughly covered, topics including: national,
local, family and individual language policy; dynamic bilingualism;
multimodal communication; translanguaging and translanguaging
pedagogy; raciolinguistics and anti-racist education; language revival
and revitalization; translanguaging among Deaf-signing students; the
hybrid, constructed, complex and fluid nature of identity; the
gentrification of bilingual education; bilingualism and economic
inequalities and advantages; mobile apps and social media;
technology-enhanced language proficiency assessments; artificial
intelligence (AI); recent developments in and limitations of brain
imaging research; and multilingualism on the internet and in
information technology.
- Important policy developments in the US context are covered,
including the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the Seal of
Biliteracy, the Science of Reading (structured literacy), response to
intervention, and state consortia for shared English language
proficiency standards and assessments (WIDA, ELPA21), and for
alternative assessments for disabled students (Dynamic Learning Maps),
the US Census, Proposition 58 (California), the LOOK Act
(Massachusetts), Arizona Senate Bill 1014 and the Native American
Languages Preservation Act.
- Attention has also been given to expanded discussion of the Common
European Framework of Reference for Languages and its use across
Europe and around the world. Efforts have also been made to update and
diversify the global examples of research, policy and practice, with a
particular focus on adding examples outside of Europe and North
America.
Students and Instructors will benefit from chapter features including:
- New bolded key terms corresponding to a comprehensive glossary.
- Recommended readings and online resources.
- Discussion questions and study activities.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics




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