Words were all we had : becoming biliterate against the odds /

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Material type: TextTextSeries: Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: New York : Teachers College Press, [2011]Copyright date: Description: xviii, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780807751817
  • 0807751812
  • 9780807751800
  • 0807751804
Other title:
  • Becoming biliterate against the odds
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.117/50973 22
LOC classification:
  • LC3731 .W64 2011
Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-163) and index.

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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