Illegal Alphabets and Adult Biliteracy: Latino Migrants Crossing the Linguistic Border, Expanded Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (946 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1138804290 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has helped to launch a wide variety of innovative educational projects for children and adults, ranging from Su Casa Migrant Head Start in southern Illinois to California State University Monterey Bay. Currently he is Co-Director, Community Learning Center, International Sonoran Desert Alliance, USA.. Tomás Mario Kalmar organized Paulo Freire’s visit to Sydney in 1974 and served as h
What’s new in this expanded edition of Tomás Mario Kalmar’s landmark Illegal Alphabets and Adult Biliteracy are in-depth commentaries from six distinguished scholarsPeter Elbow, Ofelia García, James Paul Gee, Hervé Varenne, Luis Vázquez León, Karen Velasquezwho bring to it their own personal, professional, and (multi)disciplinary viewpoints.. Readers see close up how intelligently migrant workers help each other use what they already knowthe alphabetic principle of one letter, one soundto teach each other, from scratch, at the very first contact, a language which none of them can speak. How do "illegal aliens" chart the speech sounds of colloquial English? This book is timeless in offering an unusually direct entry into how a group of Mexican fruit pickers analyze their first encounter with local American speech in a tiny rural Midwestern community in the United States. They see how and why the strategies adult immigrants actually use in order to cope with En
Bridget P. said Important Read!. This book is very important for anyone who works or resides in a community with English Language Learners. It shows the process of an English language learner as well as the importance of allowing the "student" to have as much control in the classroom as the "teacher." Very relevant to anyone studying linguistics. A landmark, so fun to read, work in the area of adult literacy, combining insights from linguistics, anthropology, literacy stud The alert reader will also enjoy observing evidence of Kalmar's wide-ranging interests threading through the fabric of the book, notably his fondness for music and his fascination with mathematical and proto-mathematical thinking•
Currently he is Co-Director, Community Learning Center, International Sonoran Desert Alliance, USA.. About the AuthorTomás Mario Kalmar organized Paulo Freire’s visit to Sydney in 1974 and served as his interpreter. He has helped to launch a wide variety of innovative educational projects for children and adults, ranging from Su Casa Migrant Head Start in southern Illinois to California State University Monterey Bay