Changing teachers' perceptions about the writing abilities of emerging bilingual students: Towards a holistic bilingual perspective on writing assessment

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-94

  Soltero González, Lucinda ^a   Escamilla, Kathy ^a   Hopewell, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

bilingual education; bilingual writing assessment; biliteracy; teacher perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859144766     PISSN: 13670050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13670050.2011.604712     Document Type: Article

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