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Undocumented Uruguayan immigrants : biliteracy and educational experiences / Silvia Pessoa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pessoa, Silvia, 1977-
- Series:
- New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
- The new Americans, recent immigration and American society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Immigrants--Education--United States--Case studies.
- Immigrants.
- Uruguayans--Education--United States.
- Uruguayans.
- Education, Bilingual--United States--Case studies.
- Education, Bilingual.
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers--United States--Case studies.
- English language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (267 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Pessoa provides valuable insights into the educational experiences of undocumented immigrant adolescents in urban schools in the U.S. She calls attention to the impact of undocumented status on educational attainment as it prevents students from fully concentrating on their schooling and limits immigrant students' motivation to succeed academically and achieve higher education. However, despite the sociocultural and political constraints faced by undocumented immigrants, individual differences in the form of cultural capital, previous schooling experiences, literacy practices, and attitudes
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Chapter 1: Studying Biliteracy and Educational Experiences among Undocumented Immigrant Students; Chapter 2: The Uruguayan Community in Elizabeth, New Jersey; Chapter 3: Sin Papeles: Living, Working, and Studying under an Undocumented Immigrant Status; Chapter 4: Separate and Unequal: The Challenges of Inner City Schools for Recently Arrived Undocumented Immigrants; Chapter 5: Five Special Cases: Different Paths in Biliteracy Development and Educational Experiences; Chapter 6: Biliteracy Practices & Abilities: Language Maintenance or Shift?
- Chapter 7: Linguistic Resources in Biliteracy Practices Chapter 8: Two Special Cases: Patricio and Cristina; Chapter 9: Explaining Biliteracy Development and Academic Achievement among Undocumented Immigrant Adolescents; References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-59332-640-8
- OCLC:
- 818819069
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