Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism by Colin Baker
Written in a very reader-friendly style, the book is a practical introduction for parents and teachers to bilingualism. Straightforward and realistic answers are given to a comprehensive set of frequently asked questions about bilingualism and bilingual education. Areas covered include family, language, culture, identity, reading , writing, schooling and issues.
In the third edition, there is new or more detailed consideration of:
* Moving between countries, cultural adaptation
* Identity issues
* One parent - one language (OPOL) families
* Pre schools / kindergartens / nursery schools
* Helping with homework
* Dyslexia
* Language scaffolding
* Multilingualism and trilingualism; trilingual families
* Adoption
* WWW links, articles and books for further reading