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“I Live in Tuuk-SON”: Rethinking the Contexts of Language Learning Along the Mexico-U.S. Border
CHAR ULLMAN,
CHAR ULLMAN
Assistant Professor
Char Ullman is an assistant professor of ESOL/bilingual education at the University of Texas at El Paso. She is an educational anthropologist, studying Mexican migration to the United States and issues of language learning and globalization.
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CHAR ULLMAN
Assistant Professor
Char Ullman is an assistant professor of ESOL/bilingual education at the University of Texas at El Paso. She is an educational anthropologist, studying Mexican migration to the United States and issues of language learning and globalization.
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 03 January 2012

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