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Biographical note
Colin Baker is Emeritus Professor of Education at Bangor University. He has three bilingual children and has given talks for over 20 years to parents and teachers on bilingualism. His many publications on bilingualism include Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, which has been translated into Japanese, Spanish, Latvian, Greek and Mandarin and is now in its 5th edition (2011).
The book aims to establish the concept of attitudes as more central to the study of minority and majority languages. The strong tradition of attitude theory and research from social psychology is made relevant to language restoration and decay. Original research shows how attitude to bilingualism is conceptually distinct from attitude to a specific language. A piece of research in Wales investigates the origins of language attitudes in individual differences and in environmental attributes.
Acknowledgements
Prologue
1. Attitudes and Language: Foundational Issues
2. The Origin of Language Attitudes
3. Attitudes and Language: A Research Perspective
4. Attitudes to Bilingualism
5. Language and Attitude Change
6. Language and Attitude Change: A Research Perspective
Postscript: Perspectives and Prospects
Appendix 1: The Research Instruments
Appendix 2: Technical Details of the Research
References
Index
Product details
Biographical note
Colin Baker is Emeritus Professor of Education at Bangor University. He has three bilingual children and has given talks for over 20 years to parents and teachers on bilingualism. His many publications on bilingualism include Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, which has been translated into Japanese, Spanish, Latvian, Greek and Mandarin and is now in its 5th edition (2011).