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"Language, Culture & Power" ( Lourdes Diaz Soto )
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"Language, Culture & Power" ( Lourdes Diaz Soto )
Critical review of work on bilingual (Spanish-English) families & education in small industrial Pennsylvania town.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages) |
1 source |
1999
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" Lourdes Diaz Soto's 1997 book, Language, Culture, and Power: Bilingual Families and the Struggle for Quality Education, focuses on the Puerto Rican, Spanish/English bilingual community in Steel Town, a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. In particular, the book explores the language dynamics within and outside of the Spanish-speaking community, and it provides a detailed examination of the dismantling of the town's award-winning, twenty-year-old public school bilingual program and the effect of the program's termination on the Puerto Rican families, particularly the children. Soto's goal in writing the book was "to afford voice to the families regarding their perspectives on bilingual education in their community" (1997, p. xix). This research will review Soto's work, paying particular attention to its contribution to the study of bilingualism and bilingual..."More papers on "Language, Culture & Power" ( Lourdes Diaz Soto ):
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"Language, Culture & Power" ( Lourdes Diaz Soto ) (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Language-Culture-Power-Lourdes-Diaz-Soto/13367
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""Language, Culture & Power" ( Lourdes Diaz Soto )" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Language-Culture-Power-Lourdes-Diaz-Soto/13367>
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