000471254 000__ 02988cam\a2200373\a\4500 000471254 001__ 471254 000471254 005__ 20210513163942.0 000471254 008__ 101214s2011\\\\nyua\\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000471254 010__ $$a 2010049622 000471254 020__ $$a9780807751800$$qpaperback$$qalkaline paper 000471254 020__ $$a0807751804$$qpaperback$$qalkaline paper 000471254 020__ $$a9780807751817$$qalkaline paper 000471254 020__ $$a0807751812$$qalkaline paper 000471254 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn693206420 000471254 035__ $$a471254 000471254 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dYDXCP$$dBWX$$dJAN$$dVVC$$dCDX$$dMNW$$dCS1$$dUKMGB$$dMIX$$dIAD$$dBDX$$dCRH$$dOCLCF 000471254 042__ $$apcc 000471254 043__ $$an-us--- 000471254 049__ $$aISEA 000471254 05000 $$aLC3731$$b.W64 2011 000471254 08200 $$a370.117/50973$$222 000471254 24500 $$aWords were all we had :$$bbecoming biliterate against the odds /$$cedited by María de la Luz Reyes ; foreword by Luis C. Moll. 000471254 260__ $$aNew York :$$bTeachers College Press,$$cc2011. 000471254 300__ $$axviii, 174 p. :$$bill. ;$$c23 cm. 000471254 4901_ $$aLanguage and literacy series 000471254 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 159-163) and index. 000471254 5050_ $$aIntroduction / María de la Luz Reyes -- pt. I. Embracing biliteracy with conviction and purpose -- 1. On learning to tie a bow, and other tales of becoming biliterate / Sonia Nieto -- 2. Words were all we had : reflections on becoming biliterate / Josué M. González -- 3. A lifelong quest for biliteracy : a personal and professional journey / Carmen I. Mercado -- pt. II. Novelas, revistas, fotonovelas, and prayer books: stepping stones to biliteracy -- 4. Literacy as comida : learning to read with Mexican novelas / Lilia I. Bartolomé -- 5. Prayer books and hymnals : textual stepping stones to biliteracy / María de la Luz Reyes -- 6. Border literacies : con-textos bilingües / María V. Balderrama -- pt. III. Resistance, agency, and biliteracy -- 7. Obstinate child / John I. Halcón -- 8. Becoming a bilingual cross-cultural educator / Steven F. Arvizu -- 9. Saving La nena / Concepción M. Valadez -- pt. IV. Island and mainland influences on biliteracy -- 10. Boriquen querido : growing up bilingual in a military family / María E. Fránquiz -- 11. Pedro, Peter, Pete, and Pito / Pedro Pedraza -- Conclusion : overcoming the odds : lessons across generations / María de la Luz Reyes. 000471254 520__ $$aThis collection examines the personal narratives of a select group of educators who attained biliteracy at a young age, and in the era before bilingual education. Their autobiographical accounts celebrate and make visible a linguistic potential that has been largely ignored in schools and underscores the emotional ties that Latinos have to Spanish.--[book cover] 000471254 650_0 $$aEducation, Bilingual$$zUnited States. 000471254 650_0 $$aBilingualism$$zUnited States. 000471254 650_0 $$aEnglish language$$xStudy and teaching$$zUnited States$$xSpanish speakers. 000471254 650_0 $$aNative language and education$$zUnited States. 000471254 7001_ $$aReyes, María de la Luz. 000471254 830_0 $$aLanguage and literacy series (New York, N.Y.) 000471254 85200 $$bgen$$hLC3731$$i.W64$$i2011 000471254 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:471254$$pGLOBAL_SET 000471254 980__ $$aBIB 000471254 980__ $$aBOOK