Language, Culture, and Education: Challenges of Diversity in the United States

ISBN-13: 9781107081871 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 328 str.

Elizabeth Ijalba; Patricia Velasco; Catherine J. Crowley

Opis

Explores language, culture, and education among immigrants in the United States.

Recenzje

'… the book encompasses rich analyses and strong conclusions to be used by research specialists, parents, and practitioners in multicultural communities.' Laura Dubcovsky, LINGUIST List

Spis treści

Introduction to the immigrant experience Elizabeth Ijalba; Part I. Immigration, Bilingual Education, Policy, and Educational Planning: 1. Political, social and educational challenges in the struggle to develop bilingual education as a pedagogical model in the United States Elizabeth Ijalba and Patricia Velasco; 2. Distinguishing a true disability from 'something else': Part I. Current challenges to providing valid, reliable, and culturally and linguistically appropriate disability evaluations Catherine J. Crowley and Miriam Baigorri; 3. Distinguishing a true disability from 'something else': Part II. Toward a model of culturally and linguistically appropriate speech-language disability evaluations Catherine J. Crowley and Miriam Baigorri; Part II. Bilingualism, Literacy Ecologies, and Parental Engagement among Immigrant Families: 4. Raising children bilingually: what parents and educators should know about bilingualism in children Anny Castilla-Earls; 5. Language acquisition in emergent bilingual triplets Rosemarie Sepulveda and Elizabeth Ijalba; 6. Chinese parents and raising their children bilingual: Fujianese immigrants Elizabeth Ijalba and Qi Li; 7. Bilingualism in Korean-American children and maternal perceptions on education Elizabeth Ijalba and Nakyung Yoo; 8. Transgenerational bilingual reading practices: a case study of an undocumented Mixteco family Patricia Velasco and Bobbie Kabuto; 9. Parent education with Latino families of children with language impairment Elizabeth Ijalba and Angela Giraldo; Part III. Cultural Perceptions on Disability, the Home Language, and Health Care Alternatives Among Immigrants: 10. Perceptions on autism in hispanic immigrant mothers of preschool children with autism spectrum disorders Elizabeth Ijalba; 11. How early childhood interventions endanger the home language and home-culture: a call to value the role of families Victoria Puig; 12. A critical review of cultural and linguistic guidelines in serving Arab-Americans Reem Khamis-Dakwar; 13. Building home-school connections within a multicultural education framework: challenges and opportunities before and after President Trump's election Patricia Velasco; 14. Health and alternatives to healthcare for Mexican immigrants in New York Esperanza Tuñón Pablos.