Full Description
This comprehensive handbook introduces a theoretical framework of the contextual situations of language maintenance and shift in which are found bilingualism and bilingual education. It presents us with the basic facts about language and language families in the world and where they are located, and illustrates the range of possibilities of languages in contact. A major portion of this important work is devoted to a series of case studies of bilingualism/multilingualism within nation states, arranged alphabetically, and representing specific situations in all corners of the world. Each chapter stands alone and can be read for the information it contains. The book provides a valuabe resource for theory testing and documents the range of educational policies for minority social groups, and emphasizes the legitimacy and importance of scholarly study of this complex social issue.
Contents
Preface Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: An Introduction by Christina Bratt Paulston Languages of the World by Sarah Grey Thomason The Language Situation in Arabic-Speaking Nations by Alaa Elgibali Bilingualism and Linguistic Separation in Belgian Schools by Elizabeth Sherman Swing Bilingualism in Bolivia by Xavier Albo The Celtic Languages in the British Isles by Nancy C. Dorian Language in Native Education in Canada by Barbara Burnaby The Canadian Second Language Immersion Program by Fred Genesee Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in the People's Republic of China by James H. -Y. Tai Patterns of Bilingualism in East Africa (Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania) by Carol Myers Scotton Linguistic Minorities and the Mother-Tongue Debate in England by Linguistic Minorities Project Societal Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: A Study of the Indian Situation by R.N. Srivastava Language Planning and Language Acquisition: The "Great Leap" in the Hebrew Revival by Moshe Nahir Creole English and Education in Jamaica by Dennis R. Craig Public Bilingual Education in Mexico by Nancy Modiano Aspects of Bilingualism in Morocco by Abdelali Bentahila Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Nigeria by Adebisi Afolayan Bilingualism in Paraguay by Graziella Corvalan Bilingualism in Peru by Alberto Escobar Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Singapore by S. Gopinathan Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in a Divided South African Society by Douglas Young Bilingual Education in Soviet Central Asia by M. Mobin Shorish Bilingual Education in Spain by Minguel Siguan Bilingualism and Education of Immigrant Children and Adults in Sweden by Kenneth Hyltenstam and Lenore Arnberg Language Contact and Bilingualism in Switzerland by Gottfried Kolde Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in the United States by Richard Ruiz Some Aspects of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education in Zaire by Lofuluabo Mukeba Glossary Bibliographic Essay
