Publications

Publication details [#58018]

Newman, Michael, Mireira Trenchs-Parera and Adriana Patiño-Santos. 2013. Linguistic reception of Latin American students in Catalonia and their responses to educational language policies. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 16 (2) : 195–209.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingual education | high school | immigrant | language policy | teacher

Language as a subject

Catalan | Spanish, Castilian | Spanish, Latin American

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This study on language policy implementation in the form of (adequate vs. inadequate) models of ‘Reception (of Catalan language support) Classes’ (RCs) for Latin American newcomers in Barcelona secondary schools, affecting neophytes' Catalan language and schooling attitudes, underlines the role of teachers initiative and commitment.