Fostering biliteracy in a monolingual milieu: Reflections on two counter-hegemonic English immersion classes

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-266

  Manyak, Patrick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

biliteracy; English immersion; language policy; Latina o children; literacy acquisition; resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249154812     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798406069798     Document Type: Article

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