English-Only Instruction and Immigrant Students in Secondary Schools: A Critical Examination

by Lee Gunderson

This book is for teachers, teacher educators, school and district administrators, policy makers, and researchers who want to know about literacy, cultural diversity, and students who speak little or no English. It offers a rich picture of the incredible diversity of students who enter secondary school as immigrants--their abilities, their needs, and their aspirations.

The studies reported are part of a large longitudinal study of about 25,000...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805825134
• ISBN13: 9780805825138
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"