Recommended texts on bilingualism, bilingual education and the education of
language minorities
Cenoz, Jasone and Fred Genesee, eds. Beyond Bilingualism. Multilingualism and multilingual
education. Clevedon, Avon: Multilingual Matters. (Ce&G)
Cummins, Jim. 2000. Language, Power and Pedagogy. Bilingual children in the crossfire.
Clevedon, Avon: Multilingual Matters. (Cum)
Garcia, Ofelia and Colin Baker, eds. 1995. Policy and Practice in Bilingual Education. Extending
the foundations. Clevedon, Avon: Multilingual Matters. (G&B)
Crawford, James. 1999. (4th edition). Bilingual Education: History, politics, theory and practice.
Trenton: Crane Publishing.
Cummins, J. and D. Corson, eds. 1997. Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Dordrecht:
Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Freeman, Rebecca. 1998. Bilingual Education and Social Change. Clevedon: Multilingual
Matters.
August, Diane and Kenji Hakuta, eds. 1997. Improving Schooling for Language Minority
Children. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
August, Diane and Kenji Hakuta, eds. 1998. Educating Language-Minority Children.
Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
Baker, Colin and Sylvia Prys Jones. 1998. Encyclopedia of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education.
Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Baetens Beardsmore, Hugo, ed. 1993. European Models of Bilingual Education. Clevedon, Avon:
Multilingual Matters.
Ballenger, Cynthia. 1999. Teaching Other People's Children. Literacy and learning in a bilingual
classroom. New York: Teachers College Press.
Belcher, Diane and Ulla Connor, eds. 2001. Reflections on Multiliterate Lives. Clevedon:
Multilingual Matters.
Beykont, Zeynep F. 2000. Lifting Every Voice. Pedagogy and politics of bilingualism.
Cambridge, Ma: Harvard Educational Publishing group.
Beykont, Zeynep F., ed. 2002. The Power of Culture. Teaching across language differences.
Harvard, Ma: Harvard Education Publishing Group.
Brisk, María Estela and Margaret M. Harrington. 2000. Literacy and Bilingualism. A Handbook
for ALL Teachers. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Brisk, María Estela. 1998. Bilingual Education. From compensatory to quality schooling.
Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Cenoz, J. and F. Genesee, eds. 1998. Beyond Bilingualism. Multilingualism and Multilingual
Education. Clevedon, Avon: Multilingual Matters, pp. 192-205.
Cloud, Nancy, Fred Genesee, Else Hamayan. 2000. Dual Language Instruction. A handbook for
enriched education. Boston, Ma: Heinle and Heinle.
Coelho, Elizabeth. 1998. Teaching and Learning in Multicultural Schools. Clevedon: Multilingual
Matters.
Cooper, Robert L. 1989. Language Planning and Social Change. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Corson, David. 2001. Language Diversity and Education. Mahwah, New Jersey: Erlbaum.
Corson, David. 1999. Language Policy in Schools. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Courcy de, Michele. 2002. Learners' Experiences of Immersion Education. Case studies of
French and Chinese. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Crawford, James. 2000. At War with Diversity. US Language policy in an age of anxiety.
Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
De Courcy, Michele. 2002. Learners' Experiences of Immersion Education. Case studies of
French and Chinese. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Francis, Norbert and Jon Reyhner. 2002. Language and Literacy Teaching for Indigenous
Education. A Bilingual Approach. Clevedon, Avon: Multilingual Matters.
Freeman, Rebecca. 1998. Bilingual Education and Social Change. Clevedon, Avon: Multilingual
Matters.
García, O. and J.A. Fishman, eds. 1997 [2000]. The Multilingual Apple: Languages in New York
City. Berlin and New York: Mouton.
García, Ofelia and Colin Baker, eds. Policy and Practice in Bilingual Education. Extending the
foundations. Clevedon, Avon: Multilingual Matters.
García, Ofelia. 1991. Bilingual Education. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Gibbons, Pauline. 1991. Learning to learn in a second language. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Goldstein, Tara. 2003. Teaching and Learning in a Multilingual School. Choices, risks, and
dilemmas. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum
Gregory, Eve. 1996. Making Sense of a New World. London: Paul Chapman Publishing
Kaplan, Robert and Richard Baldauf. 1997. Language Planning. From practice to theory.
Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Lindholm-Leary, Kathryn. 2001. Dual Language Education. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
McCarty, Teresa L. 2002. A Place to be Navajo. Rough Rock and the struggle for selfdetermination in indigenous schooling. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Mills, Richard W. and Jean Mills. 1993. Bilingualism in the Primary School. A Handbook for
teachers. London: Routledge.
Oller, D. Kimbrough and Rebecca E. Eilers, eds. 2002. Language and Literacy in Bilingual
Children. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
Ovando, Carlos and Virginia Collier. 1998. Bilingual and ESL Classrooms. Teaching in
multicultural contexts. Boston: McGraw Hill.
Padilla, Amado, Halford Fairchild and Concepcion Valadez. 1990. Bilingual Education. Issues
and Strategies. Newbury Park, Ca: Sage
Peregoy, Suzanne and Owen F. Boyle. 2001. Reading, Writing and Learning in ESL. New York:
Longman
Schmidt, Ronald. 2000. Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United States. Philadelphia:
Temple University press.
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove and Jim Cummins. 1988. Minority Education: From shame to struggle,
Clevedon: Multilingual Matters
Tollefson, James W. 1991. Planning Language, Planning Inequality. Language policy in the
community. London and New York: Longman.
Trueba, Enrique (Henry). 1999. Latinos Unidos: From cultural diversity to the politics of
solidarity. Lanham, Md: Rowman and Littlefield, pp. 95-124 and 153-166.
Valdés, Guadalupe. 2001. Learning and not learning English. Latino students in American
schools. New York: Teachers College Press.
Wiley, Terrence. 1996. Literacy and Language Diversity in the United States. Washington and
Illinois: Center for Applied Linguistics and Delta Systems Co.
Wiley, Terrence. 2002. Accessing language rights in education: A brief history of the US context.
In Tollefson, James W. 2002. Language Policies in Education. Critical issues. Mahwah,
New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum, pp. 39-64.
Zentella, Ana Celia. 1997. Growing up Bilingual. Puerto Rican children in New York. Oxford:
Blackwell.
www.ncbe.gwu.edu
(NCELA. National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition)
www.nabe.org
(NABE. National Association for Bilingual Education)
www.ed.gov/office/OBEMLA
(Office of English Language Acquisition and Language Enhancement)
www.bilingualeducation.org
(California Association of Bilingual Education)
www.nea/or/issues/bilingual
(National Education Association)
www.edb.utexas.edu/coe/depts/ci/bilingue/resources/html
ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jwcrawford/home.htm (J. Crawford. Lang Policy)
www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/13_02/13_02.htm
(Bil Ed in Rethinking Schools)
www.onenation.org
(Proposition 227)
www.theatlantic.com/issues/98may/biling.htm
(Rosalie Peladino Porter)
www.usc.edu/dept/education/CMMR
www-rcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/Policy.html
Important Journals
International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism
Bilingual Research Journal