The New Immigrant and Language : Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (269 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Introduction -- Volume Introduction -- Bilingualism and Second-Language Learning -- Bilingualism and Second Language Acquisition -- How Long? A Synthesis of Research on Academic Achievement in a Second Language -- Linguistic Interdependence and the Educational Development of Bilingual Children -- A Meta-Analysis of Selected Studies on the Effectiveness of Bilingual Education -- The World Outside and Inside Schools: Language and Immigrant Children -- Effects of Minority-Language Literacy on the Academic Achievement of Vietnamese Youth in New Orleans -- E Pluribus Unum: Bilingualism and Loss of Language in the Second Generation -- Perspectives on Language Maintenance and Shift in Mexican-Origin Students -- Language Brokering Among Latino Adolescents: Prevalence, Attitudes, and School Performance -- The English-Only Movement: Myths, Reality, and Implications for Psychology -- Acknowledgments.