Continua of Biliteracy ─ An Ecological Framework for Educational Policy, Research, and Practice in Multilingual Settings

Hornberger (education, U. of Pennsylvania) has coined the word "biliteracy" to represent the synthesis of findings from bilingualism and literacy. She presents 16 chapters, the majority penned by herself and current or past students, that explore issues of biliteracy in education, including such aspects as policy, curriculum, teacher and staff professional development, classroom interaction, student assessment, and program evaluation. All of the work is based on a theoretical framework developed by Hornberger, in which the development of biliteracy is depicted along intersecting first language-second language, receptive-productive, and oral-written language skills continua. Distributed in the US by UTP Distribution. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dr Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education, where she also convenes the annual Ethnography in Education Research Forum. She specializes and has published widely in sociolinguistics, language planning, bilingualism and biliteracy, and educational policy and practice for indigenous and immigrant language minorities in the United States and internationally.