Bilingual Education in the 21st Century: A Global Perspective

by Ofelia García

Bilingual Education in the 21st Century examines languages and bilingualism as individual and societal phenomena, presents program types, variables, and policies in bilingual education, and concludes by looking at practices, especially pedagogies and assessments. This thought-provoking work is an ideal textbook for future teachers as well as providing a fresh view of the subject for school administrators and policy makers.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Language, Linguistics

496 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Ofelia García is Professor in the Ph.D. programs of Urban Education and of Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Literatures and Languages at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA. She is the Associate General Editor of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language.

Reviews

[Jon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Extremely well written and researched but at times a bit too packed with info and becomes too dense to benefit from.

[Villar]

A masterpiece! Ofelia finds her way to go beyond the traditional approach to present her views about bilingual education and translanguaging. A must to read!