The Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education presents the first comprehensive international reference work of the latest policies, practices, and theories related to the dynamic interdisciplinary field of bilingual and multilingual education. Represents the first comprehensive reference work that covers bilingual, multilingual, and multicultural educational policies and practices around the world Features contributions from 78 established and emerging international scholars Offers extensive coverage in sixteen chapters of language and education issues in specific and diverse regional/geographic contexts, including South Africa, Mexico, Latvia, Cambodia, Japan, and Texas Covers pedagogical issues such as language assessment as well as offering evolving perspectives on the needs of specific learner populations, such as ELLs, learners with language impairments, and bilingual education outside of the classroom

The Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education presents the first comprehensive international reference work of the latest policies, practices, and theories related to the dynamic interdisciplinary field of bilingual and multilingual education.* Represents the first comprehensive reference work that covers bilingual, multilingual, and multicultural educational policies and practices around the world* Features contributions from 78 established and emerging international scholars* Offers extensive coverage in sixteen chapters of language and education issues in specific and diverse regional/geographic contexts, including South Africa, Mexico, Latvia, Cambodia, Japan, and Texas* Covers pedagogical issues such as language assessment as well as offering evolving perspectives on the needs of specific learner populations, such as ELLs, learners with language impairments, and bilingual education outside of the classroom

DedicationAcknowledgementsNotes on ContributorsPrefaceIntroduction1 Key Concepts and Issues in Bilingual and Multilingual EducationSection 1: Foundations for Bilingual and Multilingual Education2 Egalitarian Bi/Mutilingualism and Trans-semiotizing in a Global World3 Bilingualism and Creativity: An Educational Perspective4 Language Acquisition in Bilingual Education5 Literacy in Bilingual and Multilingual Education6 Culture in Bilingual and Multilingual Education: Conflict, Struggle, and Power7 A Synthesis of Research on Bilingual and Multilingual Education8 Researching Bilingual and Multilingual Education Multilingually: A Linguistic Ethnography9 Intersections of Language Ideology, Power, and Identity: Bilingual Education and Indigenous Language Revitalization in French Polynesia10 Language Policy and Planning in Education11 Language RightsSection 2: Pedagogical Issues and Practices in Bilingual and Multilingual EducationPractices and Pedagogies for Bilingualism and Multilingualism12 Programs and Structures in Bilingual and Multilingual Education13 Translanguaging, Bilingualism and Bilingual Education14 Multiliteracy, Pedagogies and Academic Literacy15 Language Assessment: Past to Present Misuses and Future Possibilities16 Teacher Education and Support17 Parent and Community Involvement in Bilingual and Multilingual EducationSchool Levels and Special Populations18 Early Childhood Education and Dual Language Learners19 Primary School Bilingual Education: Pedagogical Issues and Practices20 Secondary Bilingual Education: Cutting the Gordian Knot21 Bi/Multilingual Higher Education: Perspectives and Practices22 Bilingual Education and Students with Dis/Abilities & Exceptionalities23 Bilingual Deaf Education24 Bilingual-Multilingual Education and Indigenous Peoples25 Non-Formal Bilingual EducationSection 3: Global Dimensions of Bilingual and Multilingual Education26 A Dual Language Revolution in the United States? On the Bumpy Road from Compensatory to Enrichment Education for Bilingual Children in Texas27 Global Dimensions of Bilingual and Multilingual Education: Canada28 Minority Languages, State Languages and English in European Education29 Contested Notions of Bilingualism and Trilingualism in the People's Republic of China30 Bilingual Education in Japan: Slow but Steady Progress31 Breaking the Façade of Linguistic and Cultural Homogeneity: Education for Multicultural Children in South Korea32 Striving for Education for All through Bilingual Education in Cambodia33 Bilingual and Multilingual Education in Brunei and Malaysia: Policy and Practices34 Multilingual Education in South Asia: The Burden of the Double Divide35 "Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth": Tension and Conflict Between Language Institutions in South Africa36 A Panoramic View of Bilingual Education in Sub-Saharan Africa: Re-orienting the Lens for the Future37 Language Education in Mexico: Access, Equity, and Ideology38 Indigenous Youth and Adult Education in Latin America39 Multilingual Education across Oceania40 Language, Conflict, and Social Change: Arabic Bilingual Education in the Middle East and North Africa41 Bilingual and Multilingual Education in the Former Soviet Republics: The Case of Lativa