Bilingual Education | Bilingual Education: A Historical Overview
Colin Baker is a professor of education in the School of Education at the University of Wales at Bangor. He is the author of numerous books on bilingualism, including Attitudes and Language, A Parents’ and Teachers’ Guide to Bilingualism, the Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education (with Sylvia Prys Jones), and The Care and Education of Young Bilinguals.
Summary: The claim that bilingual education is a modern phenomenon is misplaced. In the United States, bilingual education flourished in the early immigrant settlements of the...
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