| Description |
viii, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Why consider the library and books? / Stephen Krashen -- Supporting Spanish language literacy : Latino children and school and community libraries / Sandra L. Pucci -- "I did not know you could get such things there!" : Secondary ESL students' understanding, use and beliefs concerning the school and public library / Rebecca Constantino -- Urban libraries confront linguistic minorities : programs that work / Stephanie Asch -- Impact of school/library partnership on a linguistic minority community / Sharon Honig-Bear, Sally Kinsey -- Providing pleasure reading material to adult immigrants : the effects on reading behaviors and second language acquisition / Kyung-Sook Cho -- Using SSR in the secondary ESL classroom : a powerful way to increase comprehension and develop positive attitudes toward reading / Janice Pilgreen, Barry Gribbons -- Maestro, can we go to the library today? : The role of the school library in the improvement of reading attitudes and achievement among bilingual elementary students / Daniel T. Brassell -- Tierra fertil : making the soil rich for discussion for young children in Spanish / Julia Fournier, Cecilia Espinosa -- Changing reading attitudes : the power of bringing books into the classroom / Lucy Tse, Jeff McQuillan -- Literature-based programs for first language development : giving native bilinguals access to books / Jeff McQuillan, Victoria Rodrigo -- Libraries, books, attitudes and tests : case studies. Implementing free voluntary reading with ESL middle school students : improvement in attitudes toward reading and test scores / Fay Shin ; Effect of library use on standardized test scores of language minorities / Donald Singleton ; Attitudes toward reading and library use by fifth grade students / Erika Seeman. |
| Sujet |
Libraries and linguistic minorities -- United States.
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| Autre Auteur |
Constantino, Rebecca.
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| ISBN |
0810834189 (cloth : alk. paper) : |
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