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Whiting, Erin; Feinauer, Erika; VanDerwerken, Douglas – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2012
Scholars who work with Latino/as in the USA have long been calling for a more nuanced understanding of the heterogeneity of the US-based Latino population. Two-way Immersion (TWI) bilingual education programmes are an interesting context in which to examine the Latino parent communities in the USA. Overall, the language enrichment nature of TWI…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Parent Attitudes, Bilingual Education, Language Enrichment
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Abrams, Jessica R.; Barker, Valerie; Giles, Howard – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2009
The concept of group "vitality" was developed over 30 years ago to assist in understanding of power relations between language groups. However, vitality has also been an important consideration when attempting to understand intergroup relations more generally. Vitality researchers distinguish "subjective" vitality from "objective" vitality. This…
Descriptors: Demography, Validity, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)