24. Bilingual Education
- Tej K. Bhatia,
- William C. Ritchie
Published Online: 3 OCT 2012
DOI: 10.1002/9781118332382.ch24
Copyright © 2013 Blackwell Publishing, Ltd
Book Title
The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism, Second Edition
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How to Cite
Wright, W. E. (2012) Bilingual Education, in The Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism, Second Edition (eds T. K. Bhatia and W. C. Ritchie), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118332382.ch24
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Syracuse University, USA
Publication History
- Published Online: 3 OCT 2012
- Published Print: 7 NOV 2012
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ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781444334906
Online ISBN: 9781118332382
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Keywords:
- bilingual education;
- bilingual education programs;
- bilingual education research;
- language minority students
Summary
This chapter focuses on bilingual education programs for language minority students that deliberately provide language and content area instruction in both the native language and the dominant societal language. A basic premise of bilingual education is that students learn best in the language they understand the most. The chapter first presents a brief history of bilingual education, followed by an overview of bilingual education research, focusing mainly on research on the effectiveness of bilingual education for the language and academic development of minority children. It then discusses the methodological and theoretical issues, focusing primarily on various program models of bilingual education. The chapter concludes with brief comments on some challenges to providing bilingual programs.