Heritage language speakers share many of the characteristics already discussed in earlier posts in this blog, but the way these characteristics are intertwined make them a special class of bilinguals.

I remember to start with that day in Sacramento - a California now nearly thirty years past - when I first entered a classroom, able to understand some fifty stray English words. The third of four children, I had been preceded to a neighborhood Roman Catholic school by an older brother and sister.

Edited by three leading figures in the field, this book offers an absolutely authoritative interpretation of international education today. Under the umbrella of groups such as the International Baccalaureate Organization, academic research, increasing student numbers and interest from national school systems, international schools are rapidly developing in terms of curriculum, standards and influence. This book brings together present thinking on all aspects of international education, its management and the best practices. Truly international in scope, this is a book that anyone involved with international education should read.

edited by Hayden, Mary (Director of Studies, Centre for the Study of Education in an International Context, University of Bath), Mary (Director of Studies Centr Hayden, Jeff (Professor and Director Thompson, Thompson, Jeff (Professor and Director, Centre for the Study of Education in an International Context, University of Bath)

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