The eighth edition of Wayne Wright and Colin Baker's comprehensive text for the field of bilingual education and bilingualism has arrived! This new edition offers updated references and topics throughout, along with fully revised and expanded treatments of bilingualism and the brain (by Huang) and Deaf bilingualism (by Andrews & Nover). Start with this text if you need an introduction to nearly every topic in our field. After a balanced and rigorously cited discussion in every chapter, youll find references to further readings and resources, engaging discussion questions, and relevant activities. * Deborah Palmer, University of Colorado Boulder, USA * The eighth edition of Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism remains an indispensable resource for understanding the theories, policies, and issues surrounding bilingualism and education on a global scale. With expanded content and contemporary insights, this edition provides critical perspectives for students and scholars seeking a deeper understanding of these complex topics. * Maite T. Sįnchez, Hunter College, The City University of New York, USA * For over 30 years I have been privileged to watch how this classic text has relied on its own foundations to build new and up-to-date understandings of bilingual/multilingual people and their education. This edition is not simply an update; it opens up new ways of perceiving different individual, sociolinguistic, sociopolitical and socioeducational realities marked by differences in power, status, race, gender, as well as language. Following Baker, Wright provides readers with a forward-looking and holistic understanding of bilingual education, providing readers with multiple interpretive lenses to meaningfully educate bilingual learners. * Ofelia Garcķa, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA *
