World-wide evidence on three issues in bilingualism and bilingual education are presented here. The first, whether speaking two languages affects thinking skills, is examined in terms of the relationship between bilingualism and intelligence and also in terms of a wide variety of international researches on bilingualism and cognitive development. This highlights the many weaknesses and limitations of such research. However, the evidence indicates that bilingualism has positive consequences for thinking skills and cognitive development. The second issue, whether children suffer or benefit from bilingual education, discusses traditions, recent developments and research on bilingual education from the USA, Canada, Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland. The relative merits of different types of bilingual schooling and a critical evaluation of the North American, British and Irish research are each considered. The third issue, the role of attitude and motivation in bilingualism, examines an individual's attitudes and motivation to becoming and remaining bilingual or to allowing bilingualism to decline. This suggests key psychological factors in the status and density of languages. The book concludes by integrating the three issues. A wide variety of theories of bilingual development at a personal, social and educational level are explored. This provides a basis for a summary of the present state of our understanding about bilingualism and bilingual education. The author has also published "Aspects of Bilingualism in Wales".

Key Issues in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education

Baker, Colin

Multilingual Matters Limited

Written in a very reader-friendly style, the book is a practical introduction for parents and teachers to bilingualism. Straightforward and realistic answers are given to a comprehensive set of frequently asked questions about bilingualism and bilingual education. Areas covered include family, language, culture, identity, reading , writing, schooling and issues. 
 In the third edition, there is new or more detailed consideration of: 
 • Moving between countries, cultural adaptation 
 • Identity issues 
 • One parent - one language (OPOL) families 
 • Pre schools / kindergartens / nursery schools 
 • Helping with homework 
 • Dyslexia 
 • Language scaffolding 
 • Multilingualism and trilingualism; trilingual families 
 • Adoption 
 • WWW links, articles and books for further reading

A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism

Principles of Science for Nurses

This very basic textbook aims to provide nursing students with the essential bioscience they will need to complete their Common Foundation Programme. 
The book will explore the relevant basic scientific principles, apply these principles to clinical situations and then ask review questions. For anyone who has not studied science before this will be an excellent introduction to the key concepts of chemistry, physics and biology, as applied to nursing.

Medical Books

James, Joyce

Swain, Helen

Nursing

Wiley/Blackwell

Discover the history behind the science of numerology and how to work out your personal power numbers.

Number Power

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

Anness

This fascinating book shows how numbers and their various attributes and vibrational energies can be used for character analysis and prediction, and help shape our lives and destiny.

Numerology: Using The Power Of Numbers To Reveal And Shape Your Character And Destiny

Lorenz Books

Refining Technologies: A Literature Review

Pira International

Key Issues in Bilingualism and Bilingual Education (Multilingual Matters, 35)

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 highlights the many weaknesses and limitations of such research. However, with expressed reservations, the evidence indicates that bilingualism has positive consequences for thinking skills and cognitive development. The second issue examined is whether children suffer or benefit from education which uses two languages. Traditions, recent developments and research on bilingual education from the USA, Canada, Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland are portrayed and discussed. The conditions of success for bilingual education, the relative merits of different types of bilingual schooling and a critical evaluation of the North American, British and Irish research are each considered. The third issue of the book concerns the role of attitude and motivation in bilingualism. An individual’s attitudes and motivation to becoming and remaining bilingual, or to allowing bilingualism to decline, is shown to be crucial. Discussion of this third issue suggests key psychological factors in the status and destiny of languages. The book concludes by integrating the three issues. A wide variety of theories of bilingual development at a personal, social and education level are explored. This provides the basis for a summary of the present state of our understanding about bilingualism and bilingual education.

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Multilingual Matters

Same Moon, Different Mangoes: A Second Nyasaland-Malawi Anthology of Anecdotes

Mpemba Books

'Is it just because I am a grumpy old(ish) man that the number of things that drive me bonkers is increasing day by day?' Have you ever wanted to shout at the automated phone system, rail against the state of the roads or wonder why oh why bureaucracy has to get in the way of everything? Colin Baker has been writing a weekly column for his local paper, the Bucks Free Press, for the past 21 years, giving readers the benefit of his wisdom on many and varied topics. Now you can enjoy a collection of Colin's Bucks Free columns, all in one place. Colin Baker describes himself as actor, columnist, writer, husband, father, Wycombe Wanderers fan, grumpy old man, and amateur zoo keeper. For many he is Doctor Who, having played the role during the 1980s and still happy to meet fans all over the world at conventions and fan gatherings. With many acting credits to his name including The Brothers in which he played the ruthless Paul Merroney, he is a well-respected figure equally at home on the stage or a television screen, and in more recent years starring once again as the Doctor in audio plays by the much respected Big Finish Productions. For the past 21 years, Colin has written a weekly column for his local newspaper, the Bucks Free Press, discussing many and varied topics from renewing his car insurance to local government, from football to the state of the world. Colin continues to write his weekly column. He is aiming for the world record of the longest running weekly column by one author, without a break ... whatever that record may be! He can also be found commenting on the world at large via his Twitter feed. 

Sixth Sense: From the Columns of the Bucks Free Press

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

FBS Publishing

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