The extraordinary story of the Bible in England from approximately the fourth century, and its later translation into English in Britain and America up to the 21st century. It charts the profound impact successive versions of the Bible have had on the people and communities that read them.

This book explores pedagogical implications for how children read, write, respond to literature, and begin to learn an additional language in the home context. It explores a bilingual child’s literacy development over a span of four years from kindergarten to the third grade in a real-life home context in the United States.

This book explores pedagogical implications for how children read, write, respond to literature, and begin to learn an additional language in the home context. It explores a bilingual child’s literacy development over a span of four years from kindergarten to the third grade in a real-life home context in the United States.

By reviewing and discussing both the nature of bilingualism and the nature of standardized testing and by presenting a detailed agenda of the questions that must be answered the authors hope to influence existing and future policies which govern the use of tests and test results.

This book presents a model for instructing bilingual students in International Schools across the curriculum. In such schools there is now a majority of second language learners, and Carder presents a three-programme model which will provide content-based English-language skills, appropriate staff training, and develop students’ mother tongues.

This book provides a clear and engaging introduction to key issues surrounding bilingualism in educational and social contexts. This third edition expands on core sociolinguistic concepts (code-switching, translanguaging, and code-meshing) offering a more nuanced view of how language practices evolve in multilingual environments.

This book provides a clear and engaging introduction to key issues surrounding bilingualism in educational and social contexts. This third edition expands on core sociolinguistic concepts (code-switching, translanguaging, and code-meshing) offering a more nuanced view of how language practices evolve in multilingual environments.

This book charts the development of style and lexicon in the English language from Late Middle English through to Early Modern English through the analysis of binomials across a wide range of texts and genres.

This book charts the development of style and lexicon in the English language from Late Middle English through to Early Modern English through the analysis of binomials across a wide range of texts and genres.