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Brown, Sally – Teaching Education, 2016
This article documents an extended Mexican family's social practices surrounding literacy as they engage with bilingual children's literature in a unique context that draws from both home and school without the pressures of curriculum mandates. The research is situated within the southeastern United States where English-dominant practices permeate…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literacy Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Education
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Ray, Juliet M. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
While there is evidence that the dual language model has the potential to raise the academic achievement of English language learners (ELLs), the policies mandated through the No Child Left Behind Act do not support maintenance of the student's heritage language which is an integral part of the model. Using symbolic interactionism as a framework,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Educational Policy, English (Second Language)