Publications

Publication details [#43144]

Tuafuti, Patisepa and John McCaffery. 2005. Family and Community Empowerment through Bilingual Education. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 8 (6) : 480–503.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | family role | minority language | power | school

Language as a subject

English | Pasifika

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper argues that a critical empowerment approach to bilingual/immersion education is of crucial importance for the academic success of Pasifika students in New Zealand.