Language Distribution Issues in Bilingual Schooling (Multilingual Matters) - Softcover

The chapters presented in this book examine a number of issues surrounding the distribution of languages used in bilingual teaching. They cover bilingual classrooms, classroom interaction and technological advances in teaching. Two major case studies are also included. Bilingual classrooms are examined as a means to teaching the two languages, and as an arena for teaching models and teacher effectiveness. The topic of interaction within the classroom considers the organization of talking within a group. There are two research sections on the use of technological innovations such as computers and interactive video systems. Also included are two special case studies, one on the Quechua-Spanish educational setting in Peru and one on a codeswitching methodology for teaching beginner's French to University students.

Christian Faltis is the Dolly and David Fiddyment Chair in Teacher Education and Professor of Language, Literacy and Culture in the School of Education at University of California, Davis. He has authored numerous books and scholarly writing on bilingual education and Latino students. His most recent book is Education, immigrant students, refugee students, and English learners (2010, with Guadalupe Valdes). He is Editor of Teacher Education Quarterly, and Editor of Review of Research in Education, Vol. 37.