Continua of Biliteracy: An Ecological Framework for Educational Policy, Research, and Practice in Multilingual Settings (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 41)

Biliteracy - 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. Biliteracy - The Use Of Two Or More Languages In And Around Writing - An Increasingly Inescapable Feature Of Our Lives And Schools Worldwide, Yet One Which Most Educational Policy And Practice Continues 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 Programmes For The Development Of Bilingual And Multilingual Learners, Each Programme Adapted To Its Own Specific Context, Media And Contents. The Continua Model Is Premised On A View Of Multilingualism As A Resource And On The Metaphor Of Ecology Of Language.--book Jacket. Continua Of Biliteracy / Nancy H. Hornberger -- Revisiting The Continua Of Biliteracy : International And Critical Perspectives / Nancy H. Hornberger And Ellen Skilton-sylvester -- Biliteracy And Transliteracy In Wales : Language Planning And The Welsh National Curriculum / Colin Baker -- A Luta Continua : The Relevance Of The Continua Of Biliteracy To South African Multilingual Schools / Carole Bloch And Neville Alexander -- Searching For A Comprehensive Rationale For Two-way Immersion / Mihyon Jeon -- Language Education Planning And Policy In Middle America : Students Voices / Felicia Lincoln -- Biliteracy Development Among Latino Youth In New York City Communities : An Unexploited Potential / Carmen Mercado -- To Correct Or Not To Correct Bilingual Students Errors Is A Question Of Continua-ing Reimagination / Melisa Cahnmann -- Biliteracy Teacher Education In The Southwest / Bertha Pérez, Belinda Bustos Flores, And Susan Strecker -- Content In Rural Esl Programs : Whose Agendas For Biliteracy Are Being Served? / Joel Hardman -- Enabling Biliteracy : Using The Continua Of Biliteracy To Analyze Curricular Adaptations And Elaborations / Diana Schwinge -- When Mt Is L2 : The Korean Church As A Context For Cultural Identity / Holly R. Pak -- Be Quick Of Eye And Slow Of Tongue : An Analysis Of Two Bilingual Schools In Delhi / Viniti Basu -- Multilingual Language Policies And The Continua Of Biliteracy : An Ecological Approach / Nancy H. Hornberger. Edited By Nancy H. Hornberger. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Annotation Biliteracy - 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