The New Immigrant and Language : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration / edited by Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, Carola Suárez-Orozco and Desirée Qin-Hilliard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Suárez-Orozco, Marcelo M., editor.

Suárez-Orozco, Carola, editor.

Qin-Hilliard, Desirée, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigrants--United States.

Immigrants.

United States--Emigration and immigration.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, [2014].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Introduction; Volume Introduction; Bilingualism and Second-Language Learning; Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition; How Long? A Synthesis of Research on Academic Achievement in a Second Language; Linguistic Interdependence and the Educational Development of Bilingual Children; A Meta-Analysis of Selected Studies on the Effectiveness of Bilingual Education; The World Outside and Inside Schools: Language and Immigrant Children

Effects of Minority-Language Literacy on the Academic Achievement of Vietnamese Youth in New OrleansE Pluribus Unum: Bilingualism and Loss of Language in the Second Generation; Perspectives on Language Maintenance and Shift in Mexican-Origin Students; Language Brokering Among Latino Adolescents: Prevalence, Attitudes, and School Performance; The English-Only Movement: Myths, Reality, and Implications for Psychology; Acknowledgments

Notes:

''Transferred to Digital Printing 2010''-- T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-135-71001-5

1-135-70994-7

1-315-05422-1

9781315054223

OCLC:

49639632