A Transdisciplinary Lens for Bilingual Education Bridging Cognitive Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Approaches to Enhance Student Learning

Description

Addressing the intersections between cognitive sociocultural and sociolinguistic research this volume explores bilingual development across educational contexts to discuss and uncover the influences and impact of language in school programming and everyday practices. Confronting a standard monolingual lens this collection highlights the importance of applying cross-disciplinary approaches to examine bilingualism in relation to topics such as language politics linguistic identities students’ experiences at home and in schools asset-based teaching and curricula and overall benefits. Ideal for courses in bilingualism literacy psychology and language education this text is an important resource for understanding and applying transdisciplinary inclusive approaches to positively influence cognitive development academic learning and identity formation in bilingual education. | A Transdisciplinary Lens for Bilingual Education Bridging Cognitive Sociocultural and Sociolinguistic Approaches to Enhance Student Learning