Index Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Part 1: Evolution of a Theoretical Framework: A Personal Account -- Introduction -- 1 Core Ideas and Background Influences -- 2 Resolving Contradictions: Cognitive Consequences of Bilingualism -- 3 Linguistic Interdependence: Accounting for Patterns of Bilingual Academic Development -- 4 Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement -- 5 Power Relations in School: Constructing or Constricting Identities -- 6 Reversing Underachievement: An Integrated Framework -- Part 2: Critical Analysis of Competing Theoretical Claims -- Introduction -- 7 How Do We Assess the Legitimacy of Theoretical Constructs and Claims -- 8 Is 'Academic Language' a Legitimate Theoretical Construct -- 9 Are 'Linguistic Interdependence' and the 'Common Underlying Proficiency' Legitimate Theoretical Constructs -- 10 Unitary Translanguaging Theory and Crosslinguistic Translanguaging Theory: A Comparative Analysis -- Part 3: Instructional Practice in Dialogue with Theoretical Concepts -- Introduction -- 11 Teachers as Knowledge Generators: Learning from Inspirational Pedagogy -- About the Author -- References -- Index
Summary:
"Over the past 40 years, Jim Cummins has originated theories which have had a profound effect on the education of multilingual learners across the world. In this book he traces the development of these theories, and addresses the critiques they have received and their subsequent impact on his thinking and the application of his theories in schools"-- Provided by publisher.
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