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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Hashimoto, Kumi; Lee, Jin Sook – Bilingual Research Journal, 2011
This article documents the heritage-language (HL) literacy practices of three Japanese American families residing in a predominantly Anglo and Latino community. Through interviews and observations, this study investigates Japanese children's HL-literacy practices, parental attitudes toward HL literacy, and challenges in HL-literacy development in…
Descriptors: Literacy, Japanese Americans, Case Studies, Interviews
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Coyoca, Anne Marie; Lee, Jin Sook – Bilingual Research Journal, 2009
This paper examines language-brokering events to better understand how children utilize their linguistic resources to create spaces where the coexistence of two languages can enable or restrict understanding and learning of academic content for themselves and others. An analysis of the structure of language-brokering events reveals that different…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Bilingualism, Grade 2
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Lee, Jin Sook; Oxelson, Eva – Bilingual Research Journal, 2006
This paper examines teachers' attitudes towards their students' heritage language maintenance and their engagement in classroom practices that may or may not affirm the value of maintaining and developing heritage languages among students. Through surveys and interviews with K-12 teachers in California public schools, the data show that the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Minority Groups, Heritage Education, Elementary Secondary Education