03095oam 2200637I 450 991078022220332120230617030524.01-135-62084-91-135-62085-71-283-24119-697866132411911-4106-0933-210.4324/9781410609335 (CKB)111087027891120(EBL)335577(OCoLC)437204723(SSID)ssj0000109604(PQKBManifestationID)11142670(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109604(PQKBWorkID)10047243(PQKB)10611978(MiAaPQ)EBC335577(Au-PeEL)EBL335577(CaPaEBR)ebr10227424(CaONFJC)MIL324119(OCoLC)53795830(EXLCZ)9911108702789112020180706d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBecoming biliterate a study of two-way bilingual immersion education /Bertha PerezMahwah, N.J. :L. Erlbaum Associates,2004.1 online resource (259 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-138-98774-3 0-8058-4678-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-217) and indexes.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Language and Literacy Education of Mexican-Origin and Mexican American Children; 2 The Community, School Context, and Students; 3 Leadership and Parents; 4 Oral Language Practices; 5 Developing Literacy; 6 Academic Biliteracy; 7 Testing Pressures and Student Outcomes; 8 Teachers' Role and Impact; 9 Politics, Policy, and Theory; Appendix; References; Author Index; Subject IndexThis book describes the development process and dynamics of change in the course of implementing a two-way bilingual immersion education program in two school communities. The focus is on the language and literacy learning of elementary-school students and on how it is influenced by parents, teachers, and policymakers. Pérez provides rich, highly detailed descriptions, both quantitative and qualitative, of the change process at the two schools involved, including student language and achievement data for five years of program implementation that were used to test the basic two-way bilingual thMexican American childrenEducationTexasSan AntonioCase studiesEducation, BilingualTexasSan AntonioCase studiesImmersion method (Language teaching)TexasSan AntonioCase studiesMexican American childrenEducationEducation, BilingualImmersion method (Language teaching)370.117/09764/351Perez Bertha1945-,916171FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910780222203321Becoming biliterate3787953UNINA