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Power, Prestige and Bilingualism: International Perspectives on Elite Bilingual Education

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Most writing on bilingual education focuses on linguistic minority groups or on language revitalization programs. In this text, however, De Mejía (linguistics, Universidad de Valle, Cali, Colombia) examines "elite" bilingual programs designed mainly for upwardly mobile, highly educated, higher socio-economic status learners of two or more internationally useful languages. Coverage includes an overview of the notions of elite bilingualism and bilingual education as a world phenomenon, and an exam…