Adult biliteracy
Subtitle: sociocultural and programmatic responses
By: edited by Klaudia M. Rivera, Ana Huerta-Macías.
Contributors: Rivera, Klaudia M.; Huerta-Macías, Ana.
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9780805853629; 9780805853612
Subjects: Education, Bilingual -- United States; Linguistic minorities -- Education -- United States; Literacy -- Social aspects -- United States; Bilingualism -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Adult bilingualism and biliteracy in the United States : theoretical perspectives / Klaudia M. Rivera & Ana Huerta-Macías; title: Literacy and language diversity : how well do national data inform policy? / Mario Castro & Terrence G. Wiley; title: Photo essay : literacy and biliteracy : expressions in environmental print / Klaudia M. Rivera and Ana Huerta-Macías; title: Adult biliteracy in community-based organizations : venues of participation, agents of transformation / Klaudia M. Rivera; title: Workforce education for Latinos : a bilingual approach / Ana Huerta-Macías; title: A crossroads : family education programs / Elizabeth Quintero; title: Academic biliteracies for adults in the United States / Ellen Skilton-Sylvester; title: Civics education and adult biliteracy / James S. Powrie; title: Capturing what counts : language and literacy assessments for bilingual adults / Heide Spruck Wrigley; title: Issues and future directions / Ana Huerta-Macías & Klaudia M. Rivera.