Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education

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Wayne E. Wright (The University of Texas at San Antonio) Sovicheth Boun (Salem State University)

Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education

Wayne E. Wright (The University of Texas at San Antonio), Sovicheth Boun (Salem State University), Ofelia García (City University of New York)

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John Wiley & Sons Inc
15 September 2017

Bilingualism & multilingualism; Multicultural education; Languages & ESL; Methodology; Bilingualism; Language Reference

Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics

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

By: Wayne E. Wright (The University of Texas at San Antonio), Sovicheth Boun (Salem State University), Ofelia García (City University of New York)
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 239mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 33mm
Weight: 1.043kg
ISBN: 9781119005490
ISBN 10: 1119005493
Series: Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
Pages: 688
Publication Date: 15 September 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Wayne E. Wright is Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Professor, and Barbara I. Cook Chair of Literacy and Language in the College of Education at Purdue University. He is Co-Editor of the Journal of Language, Identity and Education, and Editor of the Journal of Southeast Asian American Education and Advancement. His most recent books are the 6th edition of Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (with Colin Baker, 2017), and the 2nd edition of Foundations for Teaching English Language Learners: Research, Theory, Policy, & Practice (2015). Sovicheth Boun is Assistant Professor of ESL and Literacy in the Department of Secondary and Higher Education at Salem State University. His research interests include bi-/multilingual education and policies (in both Cambodia and the U.S.), language ideologies, language teacher identities, and K-12 schooling experiences of Southeast Asian American students. Ofelia Garcia is Professor in the Ph.D. programs in Urban Education and Hispanic and Luso Brazilian Literatures and Languages at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She has been Professor of Bilingual Education at Columbia University's Teachers College, and at The City College of New York; and has been Dean of the School of Education at the Brooklyn Campus of Long Island University. Garcia has published widely in the areas of sociology of language, language policy, bilingualism, and bilingual education. She is the General Editor of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language and the co-editor of Language Policy (with H. Kelly-Holmes).