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Power, Prestige and Bilingualism

International Perspectives on Elite Bilingual Education
By:Anne-Marie de Mejía
Publisher:Ingram Publisher Services UK- Academic
Print ISBN:9781853595905
eText ISBN:9781853595929
Edition:1
Copyright:2002
Format:Page Fidelity

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This book describes a particular type of educational provision referred to as ‘elite’ or ‘prestigious’ bilingual education, which caters mainly for upwardly mobile, highly educated, higher socio-economic status learners of two or more internationally useful languages. The development of different types of elite bilingual or multilingual educational provision is discussed and an argument is made for the need to study bilingual education in majority as well as in minority contexts.