Key Issues in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education

by Colin Baker and Colin Baker

Book Overview

The book looks at world-wide evidence on three issues that concern all those interested in bilingualism and bilingual education. The first issue is whether speaking two languages affects thinking skills. This is examined in terms of the relationship between bilingualism and intelligence, and also in terms of a wide variety of international research on bilingualism and cognitive development. A critical examination of the research on this first issue...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0905028945
• ISBN13: 9780905028941
• Release Date: February 1988
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.