Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism - Colin Baker

Written as a foundational textbook for students and teachers, this book provides a comprehensive first introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education. In a compact and straightforward manner, bilingualism at individual, language minority group and national levels are discussed. The 18 chapters cover the crucial issues and controversies about language minorities and bilingual education. These include:
Defining who is bilingual
Testing language abilities and language use
Languages in communities and minority groups
Language planning
Language loss and revival
The development of bilingualism in infancy and childhood
Bilingualism in the family
Learning a second language
Aptitude and motivation
Age and language learning
Bilingualism and 'intelligence'
Bilingual's thinking skills
Bilingualism and the brain
Theories of bilingualism
Types of bilingual education
Evaluations of bilingual education
Language minority underachievement
Biliteracy
Cultural awareness
Multiculturalism
Different classroom styles of second language learning
US and Canadian approaches to bilingual education
Bilingual classrooms
The politics surrounding language minorities and bilingual education
Assimilation and pluralism
Antiracism.