Close to Home: Oral and Literate Practices in a Transnational Mexicano Community (Language and Literacy Series) - Hardcover

Guerra, Juan C.

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ISBN 10: 0807737739 ISBN 13: 9780807737736

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 1999

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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...

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“
Close to Home
offers potentially important links to our understanding of the discourse practices of the children from these transnational communities who make up a large proportion of the student enrollment in our schools. A must-read for educators and researchers working with Mexican-origin and other Latino communities.”
Maria de la Luz Reyes
, University of Colorado-Boulder

“Innovative and insightful....
Close to Home
makes an important...