CONTENTS
List of Contributors xvii
Acknowledgements xix
Preface xxi
Part 1: What is Bilingualism 1
1. Language Use in Bilingual Communities 3
2. Language Acquisition in Bilingual Children 26
3. Bilingualism and Cognitive Development 55
4. Language Problems and Bilingual Children 81
Part 2: Language Assessment 105
5. Some Observations Concerning Formal Tests in Cross-cultural Settings 107
6.Phonological Development and Assessment 115
7. Issues of Assessment of Limited-English-proficient Students and of Truly Disabled in the United States 131
8. Reading and the Bilingual Child — Assessment and Remediation 154
Part 3: Remediation 167
9. The Case History in a Cross-cultural Milieu 169
10. Management of Communication Problems in Bilingual Children 177
11. Bilingual Education. Problems and Practices 199
Bibliography 220
Author Index 248
Subject Index 252