Educating New York's bilingual children: Constructing a future from the past

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-153

  García, Ofelia ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingual education; Dynamic bilingualism; Emergent bilinguals; New York City; Plurilingualism; Puerto Ricans; Recursive dynamic bilingualism; Translanguaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952478082     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2010.539670     Document Type: Article

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