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Building on Strength
Ana Celia . Ed(S): Zentella
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Description for Building on Strength
Paperback. Offering a fresh perspective on language socialization in Latino families, this book provides a historical, political, and cultural context for the language attitudes and socialization practices that help determine what and how Latino children speak, read, and write. Editor(s): Zentella, Ana Celia. Series: Language & Literacy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFB; JNS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 313.
This book offers an exciting new perspective on language socialization in Latino families. Tackling mainstream views of childhood and the role and nature of language socialization, leading researchers and teacher trainers provide a historical, political, and cultural context for the language attitudes and socialization practices that help determine what and how Latino children speak, read, and write. Representing a radical departure from the ways in which most educators have been taught to think about first language acquisition and second language learning, this timely volume: introduces the theories and methods of language socialization with memorable case studies of children and their ... Read more
This book offers an exciting new perspective on language socialization in Latino families. Tackling mainstream views of childhood and the role and nature of language socialization, leading researchers and teacher trainers provide a historical, political, and cultural context for the language attitudes and socialization practices that help determine what and how Latino children speak, read, and write. Representing a radical departure from the ways in which most educators have been taught to think about first language acquisition and second language learning, this timely volume: introduces the theories and methods of language socialization with memorable case studies of children and their ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Language & Literacy
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807746035
SKU
V9780807746035
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About Ana Celia . Ed(S): Zentella
Ana Celia Zentella is a Professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego.
Reviews for Building on Strength
Who could doubt the importance of this book? No other volume so thoroughly lays out essential issues on oral and written language acquisition, use, and change among Latino families. - Shirley Brice Heath, Professor at Large, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University ""A must-read for researchers and practitioners who focus on language and literacy in general, as well as ... Read more