Words were all we had : becoming biliterate against the odds /
This collection examines the personal narratives of a select group of educators who attained biliteracy at a young age, and in the era before bilingual education. Their autobiographical accounts celebrate and make visible a linguistic potential that has been largely ignored in schools and underscore...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Teachers College Press,
[2011]
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| Series: | Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)
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| Summary: | This collection examines the personal narratives of a select group of educators who attained biliteracy at a young age, and in the era before bilingual education. Their autobiographical accounts celebrate and make visible a linguistic potential that has been largely ignored in schools and underscores the emotional ties that Latinos have to Spanish.--[book cover] |
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| Physical Description: | xviii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-163) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807751817 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0807751812 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780807751800 (paper : alk. paper) 0807751804 (paper : alk. paper) |