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Immigrant Mothers Redefine Access to ESL Classes: Contradiction and Ambivalence

Argues that access to English-as-a-Second-Language classes is a complex issue, perhaps more personal and less amenable to solution than previously assumed. Examples are drawn from five individual life-history interviews with 19 non-English-speaking immigrant mothers of school children. Explores how a variety of themes related to ambivalence and contradiction have complicated their access to English-language classes. (Author/VWL)

• Contributor: Kouritzin, Sandra
• Journal/Secondary Title: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
• Number: 1
• Volume: 21
• Year: 2000

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Family Participation in Teaching & Learning
• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Learning Assessment
• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Learning Standards

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