NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rao, Arthi B.; Morales, P. Zitlali – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2015
As a state with a longstanding tradition of offering bilingual education, Illinois has a legislative requirement for native language instruction in earlier grades through a model called Transitional Bilingual Education (TBE). This model does not truly develop bilingualism, however, but rather offers native language instruction to English learners…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Transitional Programs, Native Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Potowski, Kim; Matts, Janine – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2008
Studies of Mexican and Puerto Rican communities living in the same United States cities suggest that a combination of historical factors and local conditions strongly influence to what extent these two groups interact and form a shared sense of pan-ethnic Latino unity. However, few studies have examined "MexiRican" individuals, those who…
Descriptors: Dialects, Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, Ethnicity