Smooth Transition in Bilingual Education (CIES 2015)

In this guidance paper, the author first offers a brief overview of recent research and scholarship that deal with different forms of transitional bilingual education. On that basis, the author makes practical recommendations in the form of general guidelines to key stakeholders – policy makers, educators, parents and researchers – to promote effective practice and address key issues in transitional bilingual education policy making, curriculum designing, classroom practice and community support.