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Spanish Literacy and the Academic Success of Latino High School Students: Codeswitching as a Classroom Resource.
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Nichols, Patricia C.; Colon, Manuel – Foreign Language Annals, 2000
Bilingual Latino high school students who studied Spanish as an academic subject demonstrated a heightened awareness of how to use their two languages as complementary resources in school and professional settings. A case study traces one student's literacy development in Spanish over 4 years and her ability to use it as a resource in her…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Code Switching (Language)