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Garza, Armando; Langman, Juliet – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2014
Considering a Latin@ fifth-grade dual-language classroom (Spanish/English) as a community of practice, this paper explores how a bilingual teacher and her bilingual students, as members of such community, utilize translanguaging (García, 2009) as a learning and teaching tool in social studies and science classes. In this particular classroom, the…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Language of Instruction, Bilingual Education, Spanish
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Worthy, Jo; Durán, Leah; Hikida, Michiko; Pruitt, Alina; Peterson, Katie – Bilingual Research Journal, 2013
A substantial body of research has collectively concluded that encouraging students to draw flexibly on multiple aspects of their linguistic repertoires is positively associated with developing bilingualism, metalinguistic awareness, and academic skills. However, most bilingual education programs--including transitional and dual-language--limit,…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Metalinguistics, Bilingual Education Programs, Literature