Latino Children Learning English: Steps in the Journey

by Guadalupe M. Valdés, Laura Alvarez, Sarah Capitelli, et al.

This timely and incisive book examines the ways in which English language proficiencies develop in newly arrived immigrant students. Beginning by describing the challenges faced by children who currently attend segregated schools in many parts of the country, the authors offer a detailed account of the developing English language proficiencies of K-3 children from one after-school intervention program. Using the experiences of these children as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807751448
• ISBN13: 9780807751442
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.9"