Growing up bilingual : children in Elbarrio
An inside view of the social construction of bilingualism in one of the most disadvantaged Spanish-speaking groups in the USA. The book concludes with alternatives for evaluating and teaching Puerto Rican children that build upon the community's language patterns and orientations to literacy.
Print Book, English, 1996
Applause Books, New York, 1996
275 pages
9781557864079, 9781557864062, 1557864071, 1557864063
122266615
1. Hablamos Los Dos. We Speak Both: Studying Bilingualism in the Community Context. 2. The Community: El Bloque. 3. The Bilingual/Multidialectal Repertoire of El Bloque. 4. Bilingualism En Casa. 5. The Hows and Whys of +ACI-Spanglish+ACI-. 6. The Grammar of +ACI-Spanglish+ACI-. 7. Life and Language in Young Adulthood. 8. Isabel: A Special Case. 9. Spanish Competence. 10. Raising the Next Generation of New York Puerto Ricans. 11. Maria: Learning to Defenderse. 12. Expanding Repertoires: Linking Language, Education, and the New Diversity. References. Tables. Figures.