Longitudinal Interactional Histories Bilingual and Biliterate Journeys of Mexican Immigrant-origin Youth /

• Main Author: Kibler, Amanda K. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Multilingualism.; Literacy.; Applied linguistics.; Sociolinguistics.; Social policy.; Applied Linguistics.; Children, Youth and Family Policy.

This book explores the lives of five Mexican immigrant-origin youths in the United States, documenting their language and literacy journeys over an eight-year period from adolescence to young adulthood. In these qualitative case studies, the author uses a "longitudinal interactional histories a...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Starting the Journey: Introducing the Study, Youth, and Their Stories
• Chapter 2. Understanding Languages and Literacies of Immigrant Multilingual Youth: Insights from Theory and Research
• Chapter 3. Developing Understandings Over Time and Across Contexts
• Chapter 4. "To Make Something of Myself": Interactional Histories in the Context of Remedial Institutional Practices and Immigration Policies
• Chapter 5. "It's Going to Take a While for This Country to Get Used to Us": School and Vocational Interactional Histories in the Context of Immigration Policies
• Chapter 6. From "An Inspiration" to "Not Knowing the Basics": Tensions between Classroom Interactional Histories and Institutional Expectations
• Chapter 7. Becoming A "Mexican Feminist": Disciplinary Becoming through Interactional Histories Across Communities and Contexts
• Chapter 8. Using Informal Bilingual Resources, "Jumping" and "Giving Double": Interactional Histories Across School and Religious Communities
• Chapter 9. Building Equitable Futures for Immigrant-Origin Multilingual Youth: Conclusions and Implications of Longitudinal Interactional Histories.