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| Title | New Book: Developing Minority Language Resources |
| Body | From http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/display.asp?isb=1853598976 Developing Minority Language Resources: The Case of Spanish in California Author: Guadalupe Valdes (Stanford University, USA) Joshua A Fishman (Claremont Graduate University) Rebecca Chavez (Claremont Graduate University) William Perez (Claremont Graduate University) Key Features: - Examines the teaching of Spanish to heritage language students - Considers the contribution of this to the maintenance of Spanish Summary: This book documents ongoing language shift to English among by Latino professionals in California. It then describes current instructional practices used in the teaching of Spanish as an academic subject at the high school and university levels to "heritage" language students who, although educated entirely in English, acquired Spanish at home as a first language. It specifically examines the potential contribution of these instructional practices to the maintenance of Spanish. For more information, visit http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/display.asp?isb=1853598976 . |
| Source | Multilingual Matters |
| Inputdate | 2006-07-19 13:24:00 |
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| Publishdate | 2006-07-24 00:00:00 |
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