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The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States

Author : Terrence Wiley

Publisher : Multilingual Matters

Page : 325 pages

File Size : 32,63 MB

Release : 2009-10-28

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1847693806

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Book Description

The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States draws from quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to inform educational policy and practice. It is based on cutting-edge research and policy analyses from a number of well-known experts on immigrant language minority education in the USA. The collection includes contributions on the acquisition of English, language shift, the maintenance of heritage languages, prospects for long-term educational achievement, how family background, economic status, and gender and identity influence academic adjustment and achievement, challenges for appropriate language testing and placement, and examples of advocacy action research. It concludes with a thoughtful commentary aimed at broadening our understanding of the need to provide quality immigrant language minority education within the context of globalization. This collection will be of value to students and researchers interested in promoting educational equity and achievement for immigrant language minority students.



The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States

Author : Terrence G. Wiley

Publisher : Multilingual Matters

Page : 325 pages

File Size : 12,13 MB

Release : 2009

Category : Education

ISBN : 1847692109

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This book focuses on educational language minority immigrant issues in the United States. It draws from quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to inform educational policy and practice. The contributions are grouped according to three broad themes: factors predicting language proficiency, the role of language and identity in the lives of immigrant language minority youth, and issues of educational policy related to this group.



Dual Language Education

Author : Kathryn J. Lindholm-Leary

Publisher : Multilingual Matters

Page : 384 pages

File Size : 40,60 MB

Release : 2001-01-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9781853595318

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Dual language education is a program that combines language minority and language majority students for instruction through two languages. This book provides the conceptual background for the program and discusses major implementation issues. Research findings summarize language proficiency and achievement outcomes from 8000 students at 20 schools, along with teacher and parent attitudes.



Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children

Author : Olivia N. Saracho

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 482 pages

File Size : 50,27 MB

Release : 2013-01-17

Category : Education

ISBN : 1136897011

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Book Description

The Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children is the essential reference on research on early childhood education throughout the world. This singular resource provides a comprehensive overview of important contemporary issues as well as the information necessary to make informed judgments about these issues. The field has changed significantly since the publication of the second edition, and this third edition of the handbook takes care to address the entirety of vital new developments. A valuable tool for all those who work and study in the field of early childhood education, this volume addresses critical, cutting edge research on child development, curriculum, policy, and research and evaluation strategies. With a multitude of new and updated chapters, The Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children, 3rd Edition makes the expanding knowledge base related to early childhood education readily available and accessible.



Linguistic Minority Students Go to College

Author : Yasuko Kanno

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 281 pages

File Size : 26,83 MB

Release : 2012-04-23

Category : Education

ISBN : 1136814957

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Book Description

Bringing together emerging scholarship on the growing number of college-bound first-generation linguistic minority immigrants in the K-12 pipeline, this ground-breaking volume showcases new research on these students’ preparation for, access to, and persistence in college.



At War with Diversity

Author : James Crawford

Publisher : Multilingual Matters

Page : 156 pages

File Size : 44,88 MB

Release : 2000-01-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9781853595059

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Bilingualism is a reality that many Americans still find difficult to accept; hence the prominence of English-only activism in U.S. politics. This collection of essays analyzes the sources of the anti-bilingual movement, its changing directions, and its impact on education policy. The book also explores efforts to resist the English-only trend, including projects to revitalize Native American languages.



Social Justice Language Teacher Education

Author : Margaret R. Hawkins

Publisher : Multilingual Matters

Page : 189 pages

File Size : 32,32 MB

Release : 2011-10-06

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 184769425X

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Social justice language teacher education is a response to the acknowledgement that there are social/societal inequities that shape access to learning and educational achievement. In social justice language teacher education, social justice is the driving force and primary organizational device for the teacher education agenda. What does “social justice” mean in diverse global locations? What role does English play in promoting or denying equity? How can teachers come to see themselves as advocates for equal educational access and opportunity? This volume begins by articulating a view of social justice teacher education, followed by language teacher educators from 7 countries offering theorized accounts of their situated practices. Authors discuss powerful components of practice, and the challenges and tensions of doing this work within situated societal and institutional power structures.



Developing Minority Language Resources

Author : Guadalupe Valdés

Publisher : Multilingual Matters

Page : 341 pages

File Size : 40,26 MB

Release : 2006-01-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 1853598976

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This book documents ongoing language shift to English among Latino professionals in California. It then describes current instructional practices used in the teaching of Spanish as an academic subject at the high school and university levels to 'heritage' language students who, although educated entirely in English, acquired Spanish at home as a first language. It specifically examines the potential contribution of these instructional practices to the maintenance of Spanish.



Language Policies in Education

Author : James W. Tollefson

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 330 pages

File Size : 27,85 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Education

ISBN : 0415894581

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Book Description

This new edition of takes a fresh look at enduring questions at the heart of fundamental debates about the role of schools in society, the links between education and employment, and conflicts between linguistic minorities and "mainstream" populations.



Forging Multilingual Spaces

Author : Christine Hélot

Publisher : Multilingual Matters

Page : 275 pages

File Size : 22,15 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Education

ISBN : 1847690750

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This book is the first to propose an integrated approach to the study of bilingual education in minority and majority settings. Contributions from well-known scholars working in eight different countries in Europe and the Americas show that it is possible to bridge the gap between prestigious elite bilingualism and the bilingualism of minority communities and work towards the construction of multilingual spaces.