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Literature

This section contains a selection of useful literature and publications on (research conducted in the field of) multilingualism in general and multilingual education that might be of interest to our member schools. The list of titles is not exhaustive and suggestions for extending the list with other publications are more than welcome. Please contact Elly Albers for more information regarding literature and publications on multilingualism and education. Those interested in good-practice minority language textbooks and workbooks are advised to go to teaching material. 

                                                                                                                                 

Publications on bilingualism and multilingualism, bilingual, trilingual and multilingual education : a selection

Baker, Colin (2011) Foundations of bilingualism and bilingual education ( 5th ed) – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters - isbn 9781847693556

 

Baker, Colin (2007) A Parent’s and Teacher’s Guide to Bilingualism (3rd. ed.). – Clevedon: Multilingual Matters – isbn 9781847690012

 

Baker, Colin  and Sylvia Prys Jones (eds) (2000) Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters- isbn 9781853593628

 

Bangma, Idske and Alex Riemersma (2011) Multilingual Early Language Transmission: Summary of relevant literature on early multilingual learning related to European smaller states and regional language communities. – Ljouwert/Leeuwarden: Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning. - isbn 9789490719043

 

Barnes, Julia (2006) Early Trilingualism: A Focus on Questions – Clevedon: Multilingual Matters – isbn 9781853598548

 

Barron-Hauwaert, Suzanne (2004) Language Strategies for Bilingual Families: The One-Parent-one-language Approach. – Clevedon: Multilingual Matters- isbn 9781853597145

 

Beetsma, Danny (eds) (2002) Trilingual Primary Education in Europe : Inventory of the Provisions for Trilingual Primary Education in Minority Language Communities of the European Union – Ljouwert / Leeuwarden : Fryske Akademy / Mercator-Education.

 

Bertha Pérez, Mahwah (2004) Becoming Biliterate: A Study of Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Education. – New York: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.- isbn 9781410609335

 

Bhatia, Tej. K. and William C. Ritchie (2007) The handbook of bilingualism. – Oxford : Blackwell Publishing – isbn 978-0631227359

 

Björklund, Siv … [et al, contr.]; Idske Bangma and Cor van der Meer [eds.] (2011) Trilingual Primary education in Europe: Some developments with regard to the provisions of trilingual primary education in minority language communities of the European Union. –Leeuwarden/Ljouwert: Fryske Akademy – isbn 9789490719036

 

Caldas, Stephen J. (2006) Raising Bilingual-Biliterate children in Monolingual Cultures. – Clevedon: Multilingual Matters- isbn 9781853598760

 

Carder, Maurice (2007) Bilingualism in International Schools : A Model for Enriching Language Education. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters- isbn 9781853599408

 

Cenoz, Jasone and Fred Genesee (eds.) (1998) Beyond Bilingualism: Multilingualism and multilingual education. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters.- isbn 9781853594205

 

Cenoz, Jasone and Ulrike Jessner (eds) (2000) English in Europe: The Acquisition of a third language. – Clevedon  : Multilingual Matters.- isbn 9781853594793

 

Cenoz, Jasone and F. Genesee (2001) Trends in Bilingual Acquisition. – Amsterdam : John Benjamins – isbn 9789027234711

 

Cenoz, Jasone and Durk Gorter ( issue ed. (2005) Trilingual Education in Europe – In : International Journal of the Sociology of Language, no. 171 (2005) special edition. – Berlin [etc.] : Mouton de Gruyter.

 

Cenoz, Jasone, Britta Hufeisen and Ulrike Jessner  (2010). The multilingual lexicon /  – Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers – isbn 9789048163922

 

Cook, Vivian and Benedetta Bassetti (eds) (2011) Language and bilingual cognition – New York : Psychology Press – isbn 9781848729247

 

Creese, Angela (2005) Teacher Collaboration and Talk in Multilingual Classrooms. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters- isbn 9781853598210

 

Cruz-Ferreira, Madalena (2010) – Multilinguals are… - London: Battlebridge – isbn 9781903292204

 

Cummins, Jim (2000) Language, Power and Pedagogy. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters

 

Cummins, Jim and Nancy Hornberger (2008)  Bilingual education  -  isbn 9789048193127 

 

Cunningham-Andersson, Una and Staffan Andersson  (2011 ) Growing up with Two Languages. – Andover : Routledge. 3rd ed.

 

De Angelis, Gessica (2007) Third or Additional Language Acquisition – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters- isbn 9781847690036

 

De Houwer, Annick (2009) An introduction to bilingual development – Bristol : Multilingual Matters- isbn 9781847691682

 

Dewaele, Jean-Marc, Alex Housen and Li Wei (eds) (2003) Bilingualism: Beyond Basic Principles  – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters. Isbn 9781853596254

 

Extra, Guus en Durk Gorter (eds.) (2008) Multilingual Europe : Facts and Policies. – Berlin : Mouton de Gruyter - ISBN 9783110205138

 

García, Ofelia and Colin Baker (eds) (2007) Bilingual Education : An introductory Reader  - Clevedon : Multilingual Matters – isbn 9781853599071

 

García, Ofelia (eds.) Tove Skutnabb-Kangas and María E. Torres-Guzman (2006) Imagining Multilingual Schools: Language in Education and Glocalization – Clevedon: Multilingual Matters – isbn 9781853598944

 

García, Ofelia (2009) Bilingual Education in the 21st Century . – West-Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell- isbn 9781405119948

 

Gorter, Durk (eds.) (2006) – Linguistic Landscape : A new approach to multilingualism - Clevedon : Multilingual Matters – isbn  9781853599163

 

Groot, Annette M.B. (2010 Language and cognition in bilinguals and multilinguals  – New York: Psychology Press – isbn 9781848729018

 

Grosjean, François (2008) Studying Bilinguals. – Oxford : Oxford University Press- isbn 9780199281299

 

Grosjean, François (2010) – Bilingual: life and reality – Cambridge [etc.]: Harvard University Press – isbn 9780674048874

 

Hamers, Josiane F. and Michel H.A.Blanc (2000) 2nd ed. – Bilinguality and Bilingualism. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.- isbn 9780521648431

 

Helot, Christine and Anne-Marie de Mejia (2008) Forging Multilingual Spaces : Integrating Perspectives on Majority and Minority Bilingual education – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters- isbn 9781847690753

 

Hoffmann, Charlotte and Jehannes Ytsma (eds) (2004) Trilingualism in family, school and community. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters – isbn 9781853596926

 

Kramsch, Claire (2009) The multilingual subject - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. – isbn 9780194424783 

 

Lasagabaster, David and Ángel Huguet (eds.) (2007) Multilingualism in European bilingual contexts: Language use and attitudes – Clevedon : Multilingual  Matters – isbn 9781853599293

 

McCardle, Peggy (2006) Childhood Bilingualism: Research on Infancy through School Age – Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.- isbn 9781853598692

 

Meartaligens yn it deistich libben = Meertaligheid in het dagelijks leven / MELT –project –(Frisian ad Dutch)  / for more publications www.meltproject.eu  

 

Pavlenko, Aneta (eds.) (2009) The Bilingual Mental Lexicon : Interdisciplinary Approaches – Bristol : Multilingual Matters – isbn 9781847691248

 

Pavlenko, Aneta (2005) – Emotions and Multilingualism. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press – isbn 9780521045773

 

Pavlenko, Aneta and Adrian Blackledge (eds.) (2009) – Negotiation of Identities in Multilingual Contexts. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters

 

Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove, Robert Phillipson, Ajit K.Mohanty and Minati Panda ( eds) (2009) Social Justice through multilingual education. – Bristol: Multilingual Matters – isbn 9781847691897

 

Thompson, Linda (2000) Young Bilingual Learners in Nursery School. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters.- isbn  9781853594533

 

Tokuhama-Espinosa, Tracey (2001) Raising Multilingual Children : Foreign Language Acquisition and Children. –Westport [etc.]: Bergin & Garvey.- isbn 9780897897501

 

Varcasia (eds.) (2011) Becoming multilingual: Language Learning and Language Policy between Attitudes and Identities. – Bern: Peter Lang – isbn 9783034306874

 

Wei, Li (eds.) (2000) The Bilingualism Reader – Abingdon: Routledge – isbn 9780415213363

 

Williams Fortune, Tara and Diane J. Tedic (eds.) (2008)  Pathways to Multilingualism – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters – isbn 9781847690364

 

Woods, Peter, Mari Boyle and Nick Hubbard (1999) Multicultural Children in the Early Years : Creative Teaching, Meaningful Learning. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters.- isbn 9781853594342

 

Yip, Virginia and Stephen Matthews (2007) The Bilingual Child : Early development and Language Contact. – Cambridge : Cambridge University Press – isbn 9780521544764

Journals

 

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism / ed. by Colin Baker. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters. – issn 1367-0050 - http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/1367-0050

 

International Journal of Multilingualism / ed. by Jasone Cenoz and Ulrike Jessner. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters. – issn 1479-0718 - http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/1479-0718

 

The Bilingual Family Newsletter. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters. – issn 0952-4096 - http://www.bilingualfamilynewsletter.com/

 

Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural development / ed. by John Edwards. – Clevedon : Multilingual Matters. – issn 0143-4632 - http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/0143-4632

Links to websites of information for bilingual and multilingual education, multilingualism in general

 

info@multilingual-matters.com
 Request a copy of The Bilingual Family Newsletter

http://www.bilingualfamilynewsletter.com/ 
 The Bilingual Family Newsletter

 

http://www.bilingualbooks.com
 Range of different language books etc. for children
  

 

http://www.cilt.org.uk/  (United Kingdom)
 CILT (Centre for Information of Language Teaching and Research

 

http://www.multilingualliving.com/
 Multilingual Living is a place where parents raising children in more than one language and culture can find inspiration, tools, advice, wisdom and support!  It is about LIVING multilingually, in each and every way possible.  Go to the Getting Started page if you would like to learn more about what this site is all about and how you can get started in raising multilingual children.

 

http://www.multilingualliving.com/enjoy-multilingual-living-magazine/
 Multilingual Living magazine published by Multilingual Living ( Paid access, first number free)

 

http://www.mehrsprachige-familien.de/ 
 Link to German bilingual family support group

 

http://www.meltproject.eu
 Link to The Multilingual Early Language Transmission (MELT) Project which is a partnership between four language communities – Breton in Brittany, the Frisian language in Friesland, the Swedish language community in Finland, and the Welsh language in Wales. The Project is funded by the European Commission, and will run between 01 November 2009 and 31 October 2011.

Links to other websites on minority languages in the European Union

See also the Chapter Addresses in the Regional Dossiers (published by Mercator European Research Centre on Multilingualism and Language Learning), available in PDF-format and online and on the section Minority Language links on our website. 

Revised November 2011