Shifting in the zone: Latina/o child language brokers and the co-construction of knowledge

Ethos

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-220

  Julia Eksner, H ^a   Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Childhood; Language brokering; Zone of Proximal Development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868626285     PISSN: 00912131     EISSN: 15481352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1352.2012.01246.x     Document Type: Article

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