Power, Prestige and Bilingualism (Paperback)  | Released: 22 Jul 2002

This book describes a particular type of educational provision referred to as ‘elite’ or ‘prestigious’ bilingual education. 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.About the Author: Anne-Marie de Mej�a works in the Linguistics Department of the School of Language Sciences at Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia where she is currently co-ordinator of the Bilingualism Research Group. She obtained her Ph.D in Linguistics from Lancaster University (U.K.) in 1994. Her research interests include bilingual classroom interaction, the construction of bilingual curricula and processes of empowerment, and bilingual teacher development.