Heritage language education and investment among Asian American middle schoolers: insights from a charter school

Language and Education

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-33

  Wu, Ming Hsuan ^a   Lee, Kathy ^a   Leung, Genevieve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

heritage languages; identity; ideology; language teaching; multilingual education; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890803017     PISSN: 09500782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500782.2013.763818     Document Type: Article

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