Language as Cultural Practice - Mexicanos en el Norte

Addresses the relationship between home language practices & development of bilingual & biliterate abilities among language minority children, drawing on an ethnographic study of language socialization practices within Mexican-background families in US.<

List of contents

Contents: A.C. Zentella, Foreword. Preface. Framing Our Agenda. Mexicanos in California and Texas. Language as Cultural Identification. Enacting Spanish Maintenance. Narrative Production Across the Bilingual Continuum. Doing School at Home. Language Socialization in Theory and Practice. Bilingualism in Time and Space.

About the author

Sandra R. Schecter, Robert J. Bayley

Summary

Addresses the relationship between home language practices & development of bilingual & biliterate abilities among language minority children, drawing on an ethnographic study of language socialization practices within Mexican-background families in US.<

Product details

• Authors: Robert J Bayley, Sandra R Schecter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2002
• EAN: 9780805835335
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-3533-5
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 503 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology