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ERIC Number: EJ542933
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-1050-4273
Literacy and Culture in the Classroom: An Interview with Kris Gutierrez.
Turner, Myrna Gwen
Issues in Applied Linguistics, v7 n2 p308-14 Dec 1996
Discusses the issue of literacy as a gate keeper and how the interviewee's own experiences as a bilingual Latina and writing teacher aroused her interest in sociocultural understandings of literacy and language learning. She emphasizes the importance of discourse-based analysis and discusses the issue of high urban mobility as well as her other research projects within a multi-disciplinary framework.(CK)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), Functional Literacy, Interdisciplinary Approach, Interviews, Physical Mobility, Second Language Instruction, Sociolinguistics, Spanish Speaking, Teaching Experience, Urban Demography
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue: Applied Linguistics and Education.