We have live a historical moment when superdiversity creates a composition and affluence of importante variables that affect where, how and who people live with. In this scenario, issues of a multilingual formation in different countries are intensified and so is the establishent of elite bilingual schools. This article aims to present the relationship between the increasing phenomenon of Elite Bilingual Education in Brazil and studites developed in this field by Applied Linguistics. It is organized for a presentation of the globalizing multicultural context which supports the interest in the area and for a discussion of its connection with bilingual education. It will also discuss nation-wide circulating definitions of Bilingual Education and Elite Bilingual Education. Moreover, it will approach research and activities carried out in the Brazilian context, through the presentaion of numbers of schools and research in the area, besindes some researhers and their institutions involved with the issue. Furthermore, the article will clarify the scenario and the situation in Brazil. It will also include a specific focus on research being conducted at present at PUC-SP. Finally, some gaps, defined in national research and related to international ones, will be pointed out.

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巴西的精英双语教育：应用语言学家的观点

我们度过了一个历史性时刻，即多样性导致重要变量的组成和富裕程度影响了人们的生活地点，方式和对象。在这种情况下，在不同国家中使用多种语言的问题愈演愈烈，精英双语学校的建立者也因此而加强。本文旨在介绍巴西精英双语教育日益增多的现象与应用语言学在该领域发展的学生之间的关系。它的组织是为了介绍支持该地区利益的全球化多元文化背景，并讨论其与双语教育的关系。还将讨论全国范围内双语教育和精英双语教育的定义。此外，通过介绍该地区的一些学校和研究，它将研究在巴西范围内开展的研究和活动，以资助参与该问题的一些研究者及其机构。此外，本文将阐明巴西的情况和情况。它还将特别关注PUC-SP当前正在进行的研究。最后，将指出在国家研究中定义的与国际研究有关的一些差距。