Care and Education of Young Bilinguals

Colin Baker is Emeritus Professor at Bangor University, UK. He is the author of research publications, books for parents and an encyclopedia, all on the subject of bilingualism, as well as the 5 previous editions of this textbook. He is the former co-editor of the Bilingual Education and Bilingualism books series for Multilingual Matters.

• AcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: Getting to Know Bilingual ChildrenChapter 2: The Advantages of the Bilingual ChildChapter 3: The Everyday Use of Language by Bilingual ChildrenChapter 4: Bilingual Children and FamiliesChapter 5: Bilingual Children in CommunitiesChapter 6: Bilingual Children and ThinkingChapter 7: The Education of Bilingual ChildrenChapter 8: The Bilingual ClassroomChapter 9: Developing Biliterate ChildrenChapter 10: Bilingual Children with Special NeedsChapter 11: The Assessment and Education of Bilingual Children with Special NeedsChapter 12: Multiculturalism, Racism and Bilingual ChildrenChapter 13: The Politics Surrounding Bilingual ChildrenGlossary BibliographyIndex