Developing Minority Language Resources - The Case of Spanish in California

Informationen zum Autor Guadalupe Valdés is the Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor of Education at Stanford University. Working in the area of applied linguistics, much of her work has focused on the English-Spanish bilingualism of Latinos in the United States and on discovering and describing how two languages are developed, used, and maintained by individuals who become bilingual in immigrant communities. Klappentext This book documents ongoing language shift to English among Latino professionals in California. It describes 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 1st language. Zusammenfassung This book documents ongoing language shift to English among Latino professionals in California. It describes 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 1st language.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Rebecca Ch?vez, Rebecca Chavez, Rebecca (Claremont Graduate University) Chavez, Rebecca Chávez, Joshua A Fishman, Joshua A (Claremont Graduate University) Fishman, Joshua A. Fishman, William Perez, Guadalupe Valdes, Guadalupe Fishman Valdes, Guadalupe Valdés, Guadalupe Vald's
• Edition: Multilingual Matters
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 05.07.2006
• EAN: 9781853598975
• ISBN: 978-1-85359-897-5
• Pages: 344
• Thèmes: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism; Bilingual Education and Biling; Bilingual Education & Bilingua; Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Formation pour adultes/université populaire > Matériel de cours/formation adultes langue; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Autres langues / Autres littératures