“Tienes que Poner Atención” : the benefits and drawbacks of Mexican immigrant students' previous academic experiences in an urban central Texas school

In Central Texas, one high school (hereafter referred to as Literacy High) has attempted to help bridge the literacy gap in immigrant populations so as to more easily facilitate their success in standard classroom settings. In this high school, recent immigrants can focus extensively on English lang...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Straubhaar, Rolf Jacob
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
ESL
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2010-08-1739