Attitudes and Languages

Colin Baker is Emeritus Professor of Education at Bangor University. He has three bilingual children and has given talks for over 20 years to parents and teachers on bilingualism. His many publications on bilingualism include Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, which has been translated into Japanese, Spanish, Latvian, Greek and Mandarin and is now in its 5th edition (2011).

• AcknowledgementsPrologue1. Attitudes and Language: Foundational Issues2. The Origin of Language Attitudes3. Attitudes and Language: A Research Perspective4. Attitudes to Bilingualism5. Language and Attitude Change6. Language and Attitude Change: A Research Perspective Postscript: Perspectives and ProspectsAppendix 1: The Research InstrumentsAppendix 2: Technical Details of the ResearchReferencesIndex