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Book Corner - Multilingual Books
  • Becoming Biliterate: Young Children Learning Different Writing Systems. Charmian Kenner (2004) Trentham Books.
  • Supporting Identity, Diversity and Language in the Early Years (Supporting Early Learning S.) - Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Priscilla Clarke
  • The Bilingualism Reader - Li Wei (Editor Bilingualism in Development: Language, Literacy and Cognition Ellen Bialystok)
  • The Bilingual Family: A Handbook for Parents - Edith Harding-Esch, Philip Riley
  • Growing Up with Two Languages: A Practical Guide - Una Cunningham-Andersson, Staffan Andersson
  • Bilingualism (Language in Society) - Suzanne RomaineRaising Multilingual Children: Foreign Language Acquisition and Children - Tracey Tokuhama-Espinos
  • A Parents' and Teachers' Guide to Bilingualism (Parents' & Teachers' Guides) - Colin Baker
  • Language, Power and Pedagogy: Bilingual Children in the Crossfire (Bilingual Education & Bilingualism) - Jim Cummins
  • Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (Bilingual Education & Bilingualism S.) - Colin Baker
  • Life with Two Languages - An Introduction to Bilingualism - Francois Grosjean, 1982, Harvard University Press (ISBN: 0-674-53092-6)
  • Assessing the Needs of Bilingual Pupils: Living in Two Languages (Resource Materials for Teachers) - Deryn Hall, Dominic Griffiths (Editor), Liz Haslam (Editor), Yvonne Wilkin (Editor)
  • Language Strategies for Bilingual Families (Parents' and Teachers' Guide) by Suzanne Barron-Hauwaert
  • Mirror of Language: The Debate on Bilingualism, by Kenji Hakuta, 1987.
  • One Mind, Two Languages, edited by Janet Nicol, 2000.
  • Educating Second Language Children: The Whole Child, the Whole Curriculum, the Whole Community, edited by Fred Genesee, 1994.
  • In Other Words: The Science and Psychology of Second-Language Acquisition, by Ellen Bialystok, Kenji Hakuta, 1995.
  • Language Processing in Bilingual Children, edited by Ellen Bialystok,1991.
  • Bilingualism across the lifespan: Aspects of acquisition, maturity, and loss, edited by Kenneth Hyltenstan and Loraine K. Obler, 2000.
  • Bilinguality and bilingualism, by Josiane F. Hamers, 2000.
  • Negotiting Identities: Education for Empowerment in a Diverse Society, by J. Cummins, 2001.
  • Language, Power, and Pedagogy: Bilingual Children in the Crossfire, by J. Cummins, 2000.
  • Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, by C. Baker, 2006.
  • Bilingualism: Beyond basic Principles, edited by J. Dewaele, A. Housen, Li Wei, 2003.
  • Succeeding in Diversity: Culture, Language and Learning in the Primary School, by J. Conteh, 2003.
  • Promoting Learning for Bilingual Pupils 3-11: Opening Doors to Success, edited by J. Conteh, 2006.
  • Home pages: Literacy links for bilingual children, by C. Kenner, 2000.
  • Multilingual Learning: Stories from Schools and Communities in Britain, edited by J.Conteh, P. Martin, L. H. Robertson, 2007.


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Main UK University Research Centres on Bilingualism

Bilingualism Matters - Group of researchers at the University of Edinburgh who work on language development and bilingualism in children and adults.The aim is to bridge the gap between researchers and the community (bilingual families, educators, and policy makers) in order to enable more and more children to benefit from bilingualism.

Department of Applied Linguistics and Communication at Birkbeck University of London

Dual Language Books at University of East London

Multilingual Learning at Goldsmiths - University of London

Language and Literacy in Education at the Institute of Education at University of Reading
 
M4AL - informal grouping of Applied Linguists located along the M4 motorway
 
Bristol Centre for Linguistics at the University of the West of England
 
 
Language and Literacy Group at Kings' College London
 
Centre For Multilingualism in Education at London Metropolitan University
 
Language and Linguistics at the University of York
 
Language and Literacy Research Centre at the Institute of Education - University of London
 
 
 
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