{"product_id":"continua-of-biliteracy-an-ecological-framework-for-educational-policy-research-and-practice-in-multilingual-settings-9781853596544","title":"Continua of Biliteracy: An Ecological Framework","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiliteracy - 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume is a marvellous corrective to the relative neglect of multilingual and multi-script literacies in much literacy research. It is especially satisfying to see this important new volume ‘framed’ by an icon of multilingual research and multilingualism sensibilities, Jim Cummins, in a foreword; and an icon of literacy ethnographies, Brian Street, in an afterword.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Joseph Lo Bianco * Language \u0026amp; Education Vol. 18, No 4, 2004 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe continua model is a valuable tool for researchers, educational practitioners and policy makers who are committed to pursuing just language policies.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Benedicta Egbo * International Journal of Bilingual Education \u0026amp; Bilingualism Vol. 8 No 1, 2005 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis varied collection provides a valuable resource for those who have a professional concern with literacy, including researchers, classroom teachers, and administrators who must make language and instructional programs choices that speak both to theoretical and practical instructional concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jenny Cook-Gumperz * December 2004 issue (35:4) of Anthropology \u0026amp; Education Quarterly. *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe value of this model is demonstrated in this book.\u003c\/p\u003e -- David I Hanauer * Language in Society 34:2 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Cummins: Foreword\u003cbr\u003e Nancy H. Hornberger: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e About the Authors \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Continua of Biliteracy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1 Nancy H. Hornberger: Continua of Biliteracy\u003cbr\u003e 2 Nancy H. Hornberger and Ellen Skilton-Sylvester: Revisiting the Continua of Biliteracy: International and Critical Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Language Planning\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3 Colin Baker: Biliteracy and Transliteracy in Wales: Language Planning and the Welsh National Curriculum\u003cbr\u003e 4 Carole Bloch and Neville Alexander: A Luta Continua!: The Relevance of the Continua of Biliteracy to South African Multilingual Schools\u003cbr\u003e 5 Mihyon Jeon: Searching for a Comprehensive Rationale for Two-way Immersion\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Learners’ Identities\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6 Felicia Lincoln: Language Education Planning and Policy in Middle America: Students’ Voices\u003cbr\u003e 7 Carmen I. Mercado: Biliteracy Development among Latino Youth in New York City Communities: An Unexploited Potential\u003cbr\u003e 8 Melisa Cahnmann: To Correct or Not to Correct Bilingual Students’ Errors is a Question of Continua-ing Reimagination\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Empowering Teachers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 9 Bertha Pérez, Belinda Bustos Flores, and Susan Strecker: Biliteracy Teacher Education in the US Southwest\u003cbr\u003e 10 Joel Hardman: Content in Rural ESL Programs: Whose Agendas for Biliteracy Are Being Served?\u003cbr\u003e 11 Diana Schwinge: Enabling Biliteracy: Using the Continua of Biliteracy to Analyze Curricular Adaptations and Elaborations\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 5: Sites and Worlds\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 12 Holly R. Pak: When MT is L2: The Korean Church School as a Context for Cultural Identity\u003cbr\u003e 13 Viniti Basu: ‘Be Quick of Eye and Slow of Tongue’: An Analysis of Two Bilingual Schools in New Delhi\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 6: Conclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 14 Nancy H. Hornberger: Multilingual Language Policies and the Continua of Biliteracy: An Ecological Approach\u003cbr\u003e Brian Street: Afterword\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Channel View Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043055010135,"sku":"9781853596544","price":23.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781853596544.jpg?v=1750956817","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/continua-of-biliteracy-an-ecological-framework-for-educational-policy-research-and-practice-in-multilingual-settings-9781853596544","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}