Bilingualism

<p><em>Bilingualism: </em></p> <ul> <li>introduces students to key issues and themes that include bilingual development and education; and the integration of social and cognitive perspectives</li> <li>uses tasks and examples to equip the reader with the necessary skills and insights to assess and interpret research drawn from bilingual populations</li> <li>incorporates case studies drawn from a range of countries such as the United States South Africa the Netherlands Morocco and the People's Republic of China</li> <li>gathers together influential readings from key names in the discipline including: Fred Genesee Richard Bourhis Elizabeth Peal Wallace Lambert Merrill Swain Jim Cummins and Ellen Bialystok.</li></ul> <p>Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field <em>Bilingualism </em>is an essential textbook for students and researchers of Applied Linguistics.</p> <p>The accompanying website to this book can be found at <strong>http: //www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415343879</strong>.</p>