Talk Around Text: Literacy Practices, Cultural Identity, and Authority in a Corsican Bilingual Classroom.

Jaffe, Alexandra

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ERIC Number: EJ678787

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2003

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Talk Around Text: Literacy Practices, Cultural Identity, and Authority in a Corsican Bilingual Classroom.

Jaffe, Alexandra

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, v6 n3-4 p202-20 2003

Examines literacy practices in a Corsican bilingual classroom--where both Corsican and French are used--and focuses on the way that pedagogical practices attribute authentic and powerful identities to both the minority language and to learners. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Classroom Environment, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, French, Language Minorities, Literacy, Teaching Methods, Uncommonly Taught Languages

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: France

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