Building on Strength: Language and Literacy in Latino Families and Communities

Language and Literacy

by Ana Celia Zentella (Editor)

This book offers an exciting new perspective on language socialization in Latino families. Tackling mainstream views of childhood and the role and nature of language socialization, leading researchers and teacher trainers provide a historical, political, and cultural context for the language attitudes and socialization practices that help determine what and how Latino children speak, read, and write. Representing a radical departure from the ways in which most educators have been taught to think about first language acquisition and second language learning, this timely

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[JodyReads]

This book obviously isn't for everyone, but I found it extremely helpful in my quest to write my dissertation. It gave me good backing on minoritized families and led me to my eventual research questions. You may find this book interesting if you are a teacher with a Latino population at your school.