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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED144354 AUTHOR: Fishman, Joshua A.
TITLE: Bilingual Education: An International Sociological
Perspective.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 208 p.
AVAILABILITY: Newbury House Publishers, 68 Middle Road,
Rowley, Massachusetts 01969 ($7.95)
ABSTRACT: This book emphasizes the value of bilingual
education as an enrichment for all groups, not merely for
heterogeneous populations or poor or dislocated
populations.
The book is aimed at teachers, administrators and concerned
laymen. Part I of this book surveys the sociology of
bilingual education. Language and culture in the global
community and in the U.S. are discussed, and the values of
linguistic and cultural diversity are asserted. Bilingual
education is divided into four broad categories, and each
type, with its programs and goals, is explained. The
usefulness of a sociolinguistic perspective on second
language teaching is demonstrated. Part II concerns
international findings relating to bilingual education. The
future is envisioned with more linguistic diversity and a
greater number of languages being taught than now.
Bilingual secondary education in 110 countries is reviewed.
Social and economic characteristics of many nations are
charted, and international perspectives on bilingual
education are reviewed. The appendices in Part III furnish
sketches of bilingual schools, an annotated bibliography of
bilingual education, a history of bilingualism and a
consolidated bibliography. (CHK)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Differences; Cultural-Enrichment;
Elementary-Secondary-Education; Ethnic-Groups; Language
Enrichment; Language-Instruction; Language-Planning;
Language-Programs; Second-Language-Learning
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Bilingual-Education; *Bilingualism-;
*Bilingual-Schools; *Bilingual-Students; *Cultural
Pluralism; *Sociolinguistics-
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