Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
The Child's Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20505486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Howard L Smith (0000-0002-6687-9084, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 268-281 |
| Publication date | 1999-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1367-0050 • E-ISSN: 1747-7522 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13670059908667693 |
| OpenAlex | W1978998888 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 8 |
This study explores the understandings that young Mexican-American students develop about the status of languages and language use in their bilingual school. The term linguistic ecology is used in this paper to describe the communicative behaviours of a group, as well as the physical and social contexts in which those exchanges occur. The data strongly suggest that children in bilingual classrooms discern the critical lack of support to maintain their first language. This case study documents and interprets the social and educational processes through which bilingual children in one US school come to appreciate the prestige and power of English versus Spanish. It is through their recognition of the greater social status afforded English — even in bilingual programs — that motivates them to transition away from their mother tongue
Bilingual education · Linguistics · Multilingualism · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Pedagogy · Sociology · Translanguaging · Computer Science · Education Systems and Policy · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Second Language Learning and Teaching
Reading in Two Languages
Preparing bilingual teachers on the U.S./Mexico border
English and Spanish ‘para un futuro’ – or just English? Immigrant family perspectives on two-way immersion
Bilingual Youth
We teach reading this way because it is the model we’ve adopted’
The Search for Emerging Decolonizing Methodologies in Qualitative Research
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.26 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2020 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |