Examining the Effects of Language Brokering on Student Identities and Learning Opportunities in Dual Immersion Classrooms

Journal of Language, Identity and Education

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 306-326

  Lee, Jin Sook ^a   Hill Bonnet, Laura ^b   Raley, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic identity; bilingual contexts; dual immersion; language brokering; positioning; second language learner

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859305390     PISSN: 15348458     EISSN: 15327701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15348458.2011.614544     Document Type: Article

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