The English of Latinos from a plurilingual transcultural angle: Implications for assessment and schools

Dialects, Englishes, Creoles, and Education

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 167-183

  García, Ofelia ^a   Menken, Kate ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203928660     Document Type: Chapter

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