Power, Prestige and Bilingualism: International Perspectives on Elite Bilingual Education

Most writing on bilingual education focuses on linguistic minority groups or on language revitalization programs. In this text, however, De Mejía (linguistics, Universidad de Valle, Cali, Colombia) examines "elite" bilingual programs designed mainly for upwardly mobile, highly educated, higher socio-economic status learners of two or more internationally useful languages. Coverage includes an overview of the notions of elite bilingualism and bilingual education as a world phenomenon, and an examination of ways in which bilingualism and bilingual education have developed in different areas of the world. For teachers, students and researchers in bilingual education. Distributed by UTP Distribution. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR