Bilingual Education in an Immigrant Community: Proposition 227 in California.

Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich; Ek, Lucila; Hernandez, Arcelia

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ERIC Number: EJ595136

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1999

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Bilingual Education in an Immigrant Community: Proposition 227 in California.

Orellana, Marjorie Faulstich; Ek, Lucila; Hernandez, Arcelia

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, V2 n2 p114-30 1999

Drawing from multiple data sources collected during two ethnographic studies in a Latino immigrant community in Los Angeles, this study analyzes community members' perspectives on bilingualism and language uses--views that have largely been neglected in recent policy debates about bilingual education. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Ethnography, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants, Language Attitudes, Language Usage, Public Policy, Spanish

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California (Los Angeles)

Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Proposition 227 (California 1998)

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