A speech community model of bilingual education: Educating Latino newcomers in the USA

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-25

  García, Ofelia ^a   Bartlett, Lesley ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; Community education; Dominicans; High school bilingual education; Immigrants and schooling; Latinos

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846630472     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/beb364.0     Document Type: Article

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