| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 230 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-217) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Language and literacy education of Mexican-origin and Mexican American children -- The community, school context, and students -- Leadership and parents -- Oral language practices -- Developing literacy -- Academic biliteracy -- Testing pressures and student outcomes -- Teachers' role and impact -- Politics, policy, and theory. |
| Summary |
"Becoming Biliterate: A Study of Two-Way Bilingual Immersion Education provides a comprehensive description of contextual and instructional factors that might help or hinder the attainment of successful literacy and student outcomes in both languages. |
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The study has broad theoretical, policy, and practical instructional relevance for the many other U.S. school districts with large student populations of non-native speakers of English." "This volume is highly relevant for researchers, teacher educators, and graduate students in bilingual and ESL education, language policy, linguistics, and language education, and as a text for master's- and doctoral-level classes in these areas."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Mexican American children -- Education -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Case studies.
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Mexican American children -- Education. |
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Texas -- San Antonio. |
| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Subject |
Mexican American children. |
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Education, Bilingual -- Texas -- San Antonio -- Case studies.
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Education, Bilingual. |
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Immersion method (Language teaching) -- Case studies.
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Immersion method (Language teaching) |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Pérez, Bertha, 1945- Becoming biliterate. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2004 0805846786 (DLC) 2003046230 (OCoLC)51923290 |
| ISBN |
1410609332 (electronic book) |
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9781410609335 (electronic book) |
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9780805846782 |
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0805846786 (alkaline paper) |
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