The sixth edition of this bestselling textbook has been substantially revised and updated to provide a comprehensive introduction to bilingualism and bilingual education in the 21st century. Written in a compact and clear style, the book covers all the crucial issues in bilingualism at individual, group and societal levels.

Introduction Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Bilingualism: Definitions and Distinctions Chapter 2: The Measurement of Bilingualism Chapter 3: Endangered Languages: Planning and Revitalization Chapter 4: Languages in Society Chapter 5: The Early Development of Bilingualism Chapter 6: The Later Development of Bilingualism Chapter 7: Bilingualism, Cognition, and the Brain Chapter 8: Theories of Bilingualism and the Curriculum Chapter 9: Historical Introduction to Bilingual Education: The United States Chapter 10: Types of Bilingual Education Chapter 11: Education for Bilingualism and Biliteracy Chapter 12: The Effectiveness of Bilingual Education Chapter 13: Effective Schools and Classrooms for Bilingual Students Chapter 14: Literacy, Biliteracy and Multiliteracies for Bilinguals Chapter 15: Support and Assessment of Special Needs and Exceptional Bilingual Students Chapter 16: Deaf People, Bilingualism and Bilingual Education Chapter 17: Bilingualism and Bilingual Education as a Problem, Right and Resource Chapter 18: Bilingualism and Bilingual Education: Ideology, Identity and Empowerment Chapter 19: Bilingualism in the Modern World Glossary Bibliography

How could the most comprehensive book on bilingual education get even better? The master of writing on bilingual education, Baker, collaborates with a younger master, Wright. The blending of the clear voices of these two scholars, grounded in experience in different geographical regions is powerful. This new edition keeps what has made this book a classic in the bilingual education field, and enlarges it. It presents a vision of the present and future of bilingual education, without dismissing the understandings that we have built across the years. * Ofelia Garcia, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA *We highly recommend this book for instructors looking for the most comprehensive treatment of this topic. While we supplemented each week's readings with articles to offer students some examples of research, the text itself shares so many rich examples from the field that it hardly requires supplementation. -- Deborah K. Palmer and Kimberly A. Strong, University of Colorado Boulder, USA * Teachers College Record, 2018 *Over the last few years as I have watched my Spanish for Native Speaker program dissolve into almost nothing... I have honestly felt like I had no ground to stand on because I could not articulate to our building leaders the academic value and educational and social benefits that my program provides our Spanish-speaking population at our school... Now, however, in reading Chapter Ten in Baker and Wright, about the types of bilingual education, I will be advocating for my students and presenting my administration with facts and evidence about how my program promotes additive bilingualism. -- Heather Wimmer, Middle School Teacher, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Colorado * Teachers College Record, 2018 *As I was reading Chapter One, I started to think about how I teach and what kind of teacher I am in the classroom... am I really meeting the needs of all my students? -- Patty Foley, Middle School Teacher, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, Colorado * Teachers College Record, 2018 *