Jane Miller is Professor Emerita of the UCL Institute of Education. She taught in the English and Media Department there from 1976 to 1998 and edited Changing English from 1993 to 2013. She has written books about bilingualism, women teachers, and literature.

• Introduction 1. The dimensions of bilingualism in London schools 2. ‘So I think I’ll stay halfway’ 3. ‘Urdu has very deep manners’ 4. ‘It’s a positioning of the self within the language’ 5. The social perspectives of bilingualism 6. Learning first and second languages 7. Do bilinguals think better? 8. The educational implications of bilingualism 9. Writing in a second language

Jane Miller is Professor Emerita of the UCL Institute of Education. She taught in the English and Media Department there from 1976 to 1998 and edited Changing English from 1993 to 2013. She has written books about bilingualism, women teachers, and literature.

• Introduction 1. The dimensions of bilingualism in London schools 2. ‘So I think I’ll stay halfway’ 3. ‘Urdu has very deep manners’ 4. ‘It’s a positioning of the self within the language’ 5. The social perspectives of bilingualism 6. Learning first and second languages 7. Do bilinguals think better? 8. The educational implications of bilingualism 9. Writing in a second language

Jane Miller is Professor Emerita of the UCL Institute of Education. She taught in the English and Media Department there from 1976 to 1998 and edited Changing English from 1993 to 2013. She has written books about bilingualism, women teachers, and literature.

• Introduction 1. The dimensions of bilingualism in London schools 2. ‘So I think I’ll stay halfway’ 3. ‘Urdu has very deep manners’ 4. ‘It’s a positioning of the self within the language’ 5. The social perspectives of bilingualism 6. Learning first and second languages 7. Do bilinguals think better? 8. The educational implications of bilingualism 9. Writing in a second language