Multilingual literacies in transnational digitally mediated contexts: An exploratory study of immigrant teens in the United States

Language and Education

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-190

  Lam, Wan Shun Eva ^a   Rosario Ramos, Enid ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cultural diversity; Digital literacy; Language minority students; Minority language; Multilingual education

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650585913     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500780802152929     Document Type: Article

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