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Publication Date: 2003
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Book Review of "Illegal Alphabets and Adult Biliteracy: Latino Migrants Crossing the Linguistic Border," by Tomas Mario Kalmar.
Castro, Mario
Bilingual Research Journal, v27 n2 p343-48 Sum 2003
This book chronicles how a group of migrant workers in Cobden, Illinois, developed their own hybrid writing system that used the Spanish alphabet to capture English speech sounds. The event illustrates Freirean ideas about literacy and power and offers lessons for improving English instruction. (TD)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Book Reviews, Empowerment, English (Second Language), Glossaries, Hegemony, Informal Education, Limited English Speaking, Migrant Workers, Phonetic Transcription, Teacher Attitudes
For full text: http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol27 no2/abstracts.html.
Publication Type: Book/Product Reviews; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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