Words Were All We Had Becoming Biliterate Against the Odds

Name: Words Were All We Had Becoming Biliterate Against the Odds
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ISBN: 9780807751800

ISBN-10: 0807751804

ISBN-13: 9780807751800

Edition: 2011

Authors: Maria de la Luz Reyes, Luis C. Moll, Lynne Yermanock Strieb

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This engaging collection examines the personal narratives of a select group of well-respected educators who attained biliteracy when they were young students, and in the era before bilingual education. These autobiographical accounts celebrate and make visible a linguistic potential that has been largely ignored in schoolsthe inextricable and emotional ties that Latinos have to Spanish. The authors offer teachers important lessons about the individual potential of their Latino students. These stories of tenacity and resilience offer hope for a new generation of bilingual learners who are too often forced to choose between English and their native language.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Publication date: 6/9/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Foreword



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction




Embracing Biliteracy with Conviction and Purpose



On Learning to Tie a Bow, and Other Tales of Becoming Biliterate




Words Were All We Had: Reflections on Becoming Biliterate




A Lifelong Quest for Biliteracy: A Personal and Professional Journey




Novelas, Revistas, Fotonovelas, and Prayer Books: Stepping Stones to Biliteracy



Literacy as Comida: Learning to Read with Mexican Novelas




Prayer Books and Hymnals: Textual Stepping Stones to Biliteracy




Border Literacies: Con-Textos Bilingï¿½es




Resistance, Agency, and Biliteracy



Obstinate Child




Becoming a Bilingual Cross-Cultural Educator




Saving La Nena




Island and Mainland Influences on Biliteracy



Borinquen Querido: Growing Up Bilingual in a Military Family




Pedro, Peter, Pete, and Pito



Conclusion: Overcoming the Odds-Lessons Across Generations



References


About the Editor and the Contributors


Index