Continua of biliteracy : an ecological framework for educational policy, research, and practice in multilingual settings

Title:

Author:

Hornberger, Nancy H.

ISBN:

9781853596551

9781853596544

Publication Information:

Clevedon, England ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, c2003.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Series:

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 41

Series Title:

Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 41

Contents:

Foreword / Jim Cummins -- Introduction / Nancy H. Hornberger -- 1. Continua of Biliteracy / Nancy H. Hornberger -- 2. Revisiting the Continua of Biliteracy: International and Critical Perspectives / Nancy H. Hornberger and Ellen Skilton-Sylvester -- 3. Biliteracy and Transliteracy in Wales: Language Planning and the Welsh National Curriculum / Colin Baker -- 4. A Luta Continua!: The Relevance of the Continua of Biliteracy to South African Multilingual Schools / Carole Bloch and Neville Alexander -- 5. Searching for a Comprehensive Rationale for Two-way Immersion.

Abstract:

"Biliteracy - the use of two or more languages in and around writing - an increasingly inescapable feature of our lives and schools worldwide, yet one which most educational policy and practice continues blithely to ignore. The continua of biliteracy featured in the present volume offers a comprehensive yet flexible model to guide educators, researchers and policy-makers in designing, carrying out and evaluating educational programmes for the development of bilingual and multilingual learners, each programme adapted to its own specific context, media and contents. The continua model is premised on a view of multilingualism as a resource and on the metaphor of ecology of language."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Education, Bilingual.

Literacy.

Multiculturalism.

Added Author:

Hornberger, Nancy H.

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Biliteracy - the use of two or more languages in and around writing- is an inescapable feature of lives and schools worldwide, yet one which most educational policy and practice continue blithely to ignore. The continua of biliteracy featured in the present volume offers a comprehensive yet flexible model to guide educators, researchers, and policy-makers in designing, carrying out, and evaluating educational programs for the development of bilingual and multilingual learners, each program adapted to its own specific context, media, and contents.