Publications

Publication details [#43130]

Tucker, G. Richard. 2005. Innovative Language Education Programmes for Heritage Language Students: The Special Case of Puerto Ricans? International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 8 (2/3) : 188–195.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | language policy | language proficiency | learning | teacher

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This paper deals with Puerto Rican present-day interest in educational reform, aimed at improving language teaching and learning quality, and with Puerto Rican and American perception of the beneficial influence of two-way bilingual programmes on bilingual proficiency.