Raising Bilingual-Biliterate Children in Monolingual Cultures

Stephen J. Caldas is professor of educational foundations and leadership at the University of Louisiana—Lafayette. He has co-authored three previous books (with Carl L. Bankston III) including the just published book Forced to Fail: The Paradox of School Desegregation (published by Praeger in 2005), and A Troubled Dream: The Promise and Failure of School Desegregation in Louisiana (2002, Vanderbilt University Press). His research interests include psycholinguistics, socio/psychometrics, desegregation and the social/political contexts of education.

• ForewordChapter 1: Introduction and Focus of The BookChapter 2: Bilingualism in AmericaChapter 3: Methodology: Taking The Measure of The ProjectChapter 4: Bilingual AntecedentsChapter 5: Home and CommunityChapter 6: The SchoolChapter 7: Recreational Reading, Media, Hobbies & GamesChapter 8: The Psychology of Pre- and Early Adolescent BilingualismChapter 9: The Psychology of Middle Adolescent BilingualismChapter 10: Emerging Bilinguistic IdentitiesChapter 11: Taking the Measure of BilingualismChapter 12: Lessons Learned, Broader Implications, and Guidelines for ParentsBibliographyAppendix

Caldas’ book is a great bilingual acquisition book that provides a valuable text for a college-level course on bilingual development.