1st Edition

Bilingualism in Education Aspects of theory, research and practice

By Jim Cummins, Merrill Swain Copyright 1986
254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

254 Pages
by Routledge

This is a remarkably interesting and useful book...it makes a significant contribution to our knowledge and understanding of both bilingualism and education.'
Journal of Education Policy

Part 1 The educational development of bilingual children; Section 2 Metalinguistic and cognitive development; Chapter 1 ::; Chapter 2 ::; Section 33 Bilingual education; Chapter 3 ::; Chapter 4 ::; Chapter 5 Linguistic interdependence: a central principle of bilingual education; Section 3 Programme planning for bilingualism; Chapter 6 ::; Part 2 Bilingual proficiency; Section 4 The construct of bilingual proficiency; Chapter 7 ::; Chapter 8 ::; Section 5 The assessment of language proficiency; Chapter 9 ::; Chapter 10 ::; Section 6 A synthesis; Chapter 11 Towards a theory of bilingual proficiency development;

Biography

Cummins, Jim; Swain, Merrill