Anne-Marie de Mejía 
Power, Prestige and Bilingualism [PDF ebook] 
International Perspectives on Elite Bilingual Education

Foreword
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Part 1 General Perspectives and Issues
1 Elite Bilingualism as a World-wide Phenomenon
2 Definitions and Distinctions
3 Elite Bilingualism as a Sociocultural Phenomenon
4 Teaching and Learning in Elite Bilingual Classrooms
5 Relationships and Participants in Elite Bilingual Educational Processes
6 Research Traditions and Trends, Partnerships and Empowerment in Elite Bilingual Educational Contexts
Part 2 Overview of Elite Bilingual Provision in Specific Contexts of Implementation
7 Africa: Multilingualism, Vernaculars, Intra- and International Languages
8 South America: From Provision for Expatriates to Bilingual Education for Host Country Nationals
9 Asia: ‘Languages of the Head and Languages of the Heart’
10 Europe: Prestige Languages and International Communication
11 Oceania: Immersion in Languages Other than English
12 The Discourse of Elite Bilingual Education: A Critical Analysis
13 Common Problem Areas in the Practice of Bilingual Pedagogy in Elite Educational Contexts
14 Conclusions and Future Perspectives on Practice and Research in Elite Bilingual Education
References
Index

Anne-Marie de Mejía works in the Centre for Research and Development in Education at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia. She has a Ph. D in Linguistics in the area of Bilingual Education. Her research interests include bilingual classroom interaction, process of teacher empowerment and bilingual teacher development.