Sociocultural contexts of language and literacy /
Nine American academics, educational consultants, and bilingual/bicultural program development specialists contribute 12 chapters in a research- and theory-based text about learning and teaching in linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms. The second edition features updated research on mult...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Mahwah, N.J. :
Lawrence Erlbaum,
2004
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- I: Theoretical perspectives on language and literacy
- Literacy, diversity, and programmatic responses / Bertha Perez
- Language, literacy, and biliteracy / Bertha Perez
- Writing across writing systems / Bertha Perez
- II: Language and literacy acquisition in diverse communities
- Language and literacy in American Indian and Alaska native communities / Teresa L. McCarty and Lucille J. Watahomigie
- Language, culture, and literacy in Puerto Rican communities / Maria E. Torres-Guzman
- Language and literacy in Vietnamese American communities / To thi Dien
- Language and literacy in Chinese American communities / Ji-Mei Chang
- Literacy and instruction in African American communities: shall we overcome? / Howard L. Smith
- Emergent Spanish writing of a second grader in a whole-language classroom / Aurelia Davila de Silva
- III: Literacy development in multilingual, multicultural classrooms
- Making decisions about literacy instructional practices / Bertha Perez and Amy Nordlander
- Creating a classroom community for literacy / Bertha Perez
- Literacy, curriculum, and language diversity / Bertha Perez.
