Building on Strength: Language and Literacy in Latino Families and Communities

Book Overview

This book offers an exciting new perspective on language socialization in Latino families. Tackling mainstream views of childhood and the role and nature of language socialization, leading researchers and teacher trainers provide a historical, political, and cultural context for the language attitudes and socialization practices that help determine what and how Latino children speak, read, and write. Representing a radical departure from the ways...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807746037
• ISBN13: 9780807746035
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.0"