Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Bilingualism and bilingual deaf education: time to take stock / Harry Knoors, Gladys Tang, and Marc Marschark -- Linguistic, cognitive and social foundations -- Language development and language interaction in sign bilingual language acquisition / Carolina Plaza-Pust -- Language acquisition by bilingual deaf preschoolers : theoretical, methodological issues and empirical data / Pasquale Rinaldi, Maria Cristina Caselli, Daniela Onofrio, and Virginia Volterra -- Bimodal bilingual cross-language interaction : pieces of the puzzle / Ellen Ormel and Marcel Giezen -- Sign language and reading comprehension : no automatic transfer / Daniel Holzinger and Johannes Fellinger -- The influence of communication mode on language development in children with Cochlear implants / Elizabeth Walker and Bruce Tomblin -- Psychosocial development in deaf and hard-of-hearing children in the 21th century: opportunities and challenges / Manfred Hintermair -- Bilingualism and bimodal bilingualism in deaf people : a neurolinguistic approach / Ana Mineiro, Maria Vânia Silva Nunes, Mara Moita, Sónia Silva, and Alexandre Castro-Caldas -- Education -- Navigating two languages in the classroom : goals, evidence, and outcomes / Marc Marschark and ChongMin Lee -- Improving reading instruction to deaf and hard-of-hearing students / Loes Wauters and Annet de Klerk -- Quality of instruction in bilingual schools for deaf children : through the children's eyes and the camera's lens / Daan Hermans, Loes Wauters, Annet de Klerk, and Harry Knoors -- Shifting contexts and practices in sign bilingual education in northern Europe : implications for professional development and training / Ruth Swanwick, Ola Hendar, Jesper Dammeyer, Ann-Elise Kristoffersen, Jackie Salter, and Eva Simonsen -- Bilingual education in co-enrollment settings -- Language development of severe to profoundly deaf children studying in a sign bilingual and co-enrollment environment / Gladys Tang, Scholastica Lam, and Kun-Man Chris Yiu -- Social integration of deaf and hard-of-hearing students in a sign bilingual and co-enrollment environment / Kun-man Chris Yiu and Gladys Tang -- Sign bilingual and co-enrollment education for children with cochlear implants in Madrid, Spain : a case study / Mar Pérez Martin, Marian Valmaseda Balanzategui, and Gary Morgan -- The twinschool : a co-enrollment program in the Netherlands / Daan Hermans, Annet de Klerk, Loes Wauters, and Harry Knoors -- Co-enrollment in the United States : a critical analysis of benefits and challenge / Shirin Antia and Kelly K. Metz -- Epilogue -- Perspectives on bilingualism and bilingual education for deaf learners / Marc Marschark, Harry Knoors, and Gladys Tang.