1. Bilingual and Multilingual Education: An Overview of the Field

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Tables xi
5. Contributors xiii
6. Introduction and Overview xix
7. Part 1: Lessons from Accumulated Experience in Bilingual and Multilingual Education
8. 1. Bilingual and Multilingual Education: An Overview of the Field 3
9. 2. Insights into Bilingual Education from Research on Immersion Programs in Canada 24
10. 3. Bilingual Education in Colombia: The Teaching and Learning of Languages and Academic Content Area Knowledge 42
11. 4. Perspectives and Lessons from the Challenge of CLIL Experiences 59
12. Part 2: Issues in Language Use in Classrooms at the Elementary, Secondary and Tertiary Levels
13. 5. From Bilingualism to Multilingualism: Basque, Spanish and English in Higher Education 85
14. 6. 100 Bilingual Lessons: Distributing Two Languages in Classrooms 107
15. 7. Native Language Influence in Teaching Subject Matter Content through English in Spanish Tertiary Education 136
16. 8. From Diglossia to Transglossia: Bilingual and Multilingual Classrooms in the 21st Century 155
17. Part 3: Participant Perspectives on Bilingual Education Experiences: Students, Language Assistants, Student-teachers and Teacher-educators
18. 9. The Students’ Views on Their Experience in a Spanish-English Bilingual Education Program in Spain 179
19. 10. The Use of Native Assistants as Language and Cultural Resources in Andalusia’s Bilingual Schools 203
20. 11. Student-teachers and Teacher-educators Experience New Roles in Pre-service Bilingual Teacher Education in Brazil 231
21. 12. Potential Drawbacks and Actual Benefits of CLIL Initiatives in Public Secondary Schools 256
22. Part 4: The Language Needs of Bilingual and Multilingual Students in Monolingual Schools
23. 13. International School Students: Developing Their Bilingual Potential 275
24. 14. Heritage Spanish Speakers in School Settings: Are Their Needs Being Met? 299
25. Conceptual Index 315