Pre-Owned Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Hardcover) 1788929896 9781788929899

The seventh edition of this bestselling textbook has been extensively 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 at individual, group and societal levels. Updates to the new edition include:

• Hundreds of new citations from the latest research.
• Expanded discussion of key topics including codeswitching, translanguaging, multilingualism, multilingual education, superdiversity, critical post-structural sociolinguistics, language attitudes, motivation, language and power, raciolinguistics, language proficiency standards, and biliteracy.
• Greater focus on technology and language learning and use online, via mobile apps, and in social media.
• Chapters respond to the very latest demographics data.
• Coverage of recent policy changes and political debates (Census, ESSA, Proposition 58, LOOK Act, Seal of Biliteracy, Native Americans Preservation Act).