The nine original papers in this volume have been written by international experts and deal with individual bilingualism, societal and educational phenomena, addressing issues such as bilingual usage, acquisition, teaching, and language planning and policy. The volumeβs major asset lies in its diver
Bilingualism: Beyond Basic Principles
β Scribed by Jean-Marc Dewaele (editor); Alex Housen (editor); Wei Li (editor)
- Publisher
- Multilingual Matters
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 242
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book deals with individual bilingualism, societal and educational phenomena and addressing issues such as bilingual usage, acquisition, teaching, and language planning and policy. The volumeβs major asset lies in its diversity of topics and in the range of languages and geographical regions covered.
β¦ Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Contributors
Introduction and Overview
1. Who is Afraid of Bilingualism?
2. The Importance of Being Bilingual
3. Towards a More Language-centred Approach to Plurilingualism
4. Bilingual Education: Basic Principles
5. Bilingual Encounters in the Classroom
6. Language Planning: A Grounded Approach
7. Accepting Bilingualism as a Language Policy: An Unfolding Southeast Asian Story
8. Markets, Hierarchies and Networks in Language Maintenance and Language Shift
9. The Imagined Learner of Malay
10. Code-switching and Unbalanced Bilingualism
11. Code-switching: Evidence of Both Flexibility and Rigidity in Language
12. Rethinking Bilingual Acquisition
Laudatio: Hugo Baetens Beardsmore β No Hyphen Please!
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