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ERIC Number: EJ821736
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Oct
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1521-0960
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"You Give Me Idea!": Collaborative Strides toward Bilingualism, Biliteracy, and Cross-Cultural Understanding in a Two-Way Partial Immersion Program
Gort, Mileidis
Multicultural Perspectives, v10 n4 p192-200 Oct 2008
This study analyzes the nature of spontaneous bilingual peer interactions across Spanish/English integrated learning contexts, as well as the roles played by Spanish-dominant and English-dominant peers in mediating each others' bilingual, biliteracy, and cross-cultural learning in a two-way partial immersion (TWpI) program. Implications for designing and implementing effective language, literacy, and cross-cultural learning environments for bilingual children from minority- and majority-language backgrounds are addressed. (Contains 2 footnotes and 1 table.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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