Building on strength: language and literacy in Latino families and communities

Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
About CABE......Page 11
Introduction: Perspectives on Language and Literacy in Latino Families and Communities......Page 12
UNDERSTANDING LATINO COMPLEXITY......Page 13
THE VALUE OF A LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION FOCUS......Page 14
LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION IN LATINO COMMUNITIES......Page 18
“DOING BEING” BILINGUAL AND LATINO IN SPANISH, ENGLISH, AND SPANGLISH......Page 19
THE ANTHROPOLITICAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 20
THE BOOK’S CHAPTERS......Page 21
NOTES......Page 23
1 Premises, Promises, and Pitfalls of Language Socialization Research in Latino Families and Communities......Page 24
PREMISES OF LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION RESEARCH......Page 26
PROMISES OF LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION RESEARCH......Page 30
PITFALLS OF LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION RESEARCH......Page 31
COMPARING ANGLO AND LATINO STANCES REGARDING LITERACY......Page 39
CONCLUSION: SEEKING COMMON GROUND......Page 40
MEXICANOS IN SAN FRANCISCO AND SAN ANTONIO......Page 42
STUDYING FAMILY LANGUAGE USE......Page 44
COMMITMENT TO EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND CULTURAL MAINTENANCE......Page 45
THE STANCE OF SCHOOLS......Page 52
THE BASIS FOR CAREGIVERS’ DECISIONS......Page 54
CONCLUSION......Page 55
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 56
RANCHERO NETWORKS......Page 57
LANGUAGE SOCIALIZATION: LEARNING TO TALK RANCHERO......Page 59
LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES......Page 63
CONCLUSION......Page 68
4 Language Socialization with Directives in Two Mexican Immigrant Families in South Central Los Angeles......Page 71
THE NEW INNER CITY......Page 73
TWO FAMILIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES......Page 74
TYPES OF DIRECTIVES WITHIN THE FAMILIES......Page 77
BICULTURAL/BILINGUAL WAYS WITH DIRECTIVES......Page 80
CONCLUSION......Page 86
5 Staying on God’s Path: Socializing Latino Immigrant Youth to a Christian Pentecostal Identity in Southern California......Page 88
THE COMMUNITY CONTEXT......Page 89
CONSTRUCTING EL CAMINO......Page 92
INDEXING MEMBERSHIP THROUGH LANGUAGE......Page 95
CONSTRUCTING EL MUNDO......Page 97
EL MUNDO SEEPS IN......Page 99
DISCUSSION......Page 101
THE LESSONS OF LA IGLESIA......Page 102
NOTE......Page 103
6 Como Hablar en Silencio (Like Speaking in Silence): Issues of Language, Culture, and Identity of Central Americans in Los Angeles......Page 104
CENTRAL AMERICAN IMMIGRATION TO THE U.S.......Page 105
CENTRAL AMERICANS IN LOS ANGELES......Page 108
LANGUAGE DIVERSITY, CHALLENGES, AND CHANGE......Page 110
PRINCIPAL CONCERNS ABOUT EDUCATION, LANGUAGE, CULTURE, AND IDENTITY......Page 114
VISIBLY HIDDEN......Page 116
REVERSING INVISIBILITY: TRANSFORMING CLASSROOM PRACTICES THROUGH TEACHER INQUIRY......Page 117
CONCLUSION......Page 119
7 Raising a Bilingual Child in Miami: Reflections on Language and Culture......Page 121
HOME LANGUAGE USE: MAKING DECISIONS ABOUT LANGUAGE......Page 122
ADVANTAGES, DISADVANTAGES, ATTITUDES, AND THE “HOW-TO” QUESTIONS......Page 123
OUR PRE-K OPTIONS......Page 125
THE BILINGUAL HOME ENVIRONMENT AND OUR COMMUNITIES: A PLACE FOR SPANISH, FOR SPANISH,......Page 126
CONCLUSION......Page 128
HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, AND DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVES......Page 130
HOME LITERACY EXPERIENCES OF SIX DOMINICAN CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES LIVING IN NEW YORK CITY......Page 131
LANGUAGE USE AT HOME AND IN SCHOOL......Page 135
CHILDREN’S INTERACTION WITH PRINT IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES AT HOME......Page 136
WATCHING TV, PLAYING, SINGING, AND DANCING......Page 138
MOTHERS’ CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN’S EDUCATION AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT......Page 139
EDUCATING YOUNG DOMINICANS WITH DISABILITIES......Page 142
9 Seeing What’s There: Language and Literacy Funds of Knowledge in New York Puerto Rican Homes......Page 145
HISTORICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND......Page 146
LITERACY AS SOCIAL PRACTICE......Page 147
TEACHER-RESEARCHER COLLABORATION......Page 148
LANGUAGE AND LITERACY IN TWO PUERTO RICAN HOMES......Page 150
SEEING WHAT’S THERE: LANGUAGE AND LITERACY PRACTICES IN LOCAL PUERTO RICAN HOUSEHOLDS......Page 156
IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATORS......Page 157
10 The Language Socialization Experiences of Latina Mothers in Southern California......Page 159
THE LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE......Page 161
LATINA MOTHERS’ MORAL LANGUAGE ORDER: EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS......Page 170
11 Children in the Eye of the Storm: Language Socialization and Language Ideologies in a Dual-Language School......Page 173
LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES......Page 174
COMPETING METADISCOURSES AT THE SCHOOL SITE......Page 175
LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES IN THE BORDERLANDS......Page 177
COUNTER-INTERPELLATIONS OF LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES......Page 180
SYNCRETIC SOCIALIZATION......Page 184
Afterword: Building on Strength con Educación, Respeto, y Confianza (with Education, Respect, and Trust)......Page 186
MANY VOICES......Page 187
EDUCACIÓN AND EDUCATION......Page 189
BUILDING CONFIANZA......Page 190
THE ANTHROPOLITICAL HOPE......Page 191
References......Page 194
About the Editor and Contributors......Page 208
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