Close to Home: Oral and Literate Practices in a Transnational Mexicano Community

by Juan C. Guerra

Book Overview

When teachers are familiar with what adults and children bring with them into the classroom, they are far better prepared to develop appropriate curricula and pedagogical techniques. Close to Home is a unique portrayal and analysis of the language, literacy, and cultural resources of a social network of Mexicano adults living in a rural community in Mexico and Chicago's inner city. By exploring the ways in which this group's experiences as immigrants...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807737720
• ISBN13: 9780807737729
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"