The Bilingual Advantage: Language, Literacy and the Us Labor Market by Callahan, Rebecca M.

The Bilingual Advantage: Language, Literacy and the Us Labor Market (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781783092413)

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The Bilingual Advantage: Language, Literacy and the Us Labor Market by Callahan, Rebecca M.

The Bilingual Advantage: Language, Literacy and the Us Labor Market

$39.95
The Bilingual Advantage: Language, Literacy and the Us Labor Market by Callahan, Rebecca M.

The Bilingual Advantage: Language, Literacy and the Us Labor Market

$39.95
Format: Paperback
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Using novel methodological approaches and new data, The Bilingual Advantage draws together researchers from education, economics, sociology, anthropology and linguistics to examine the economic and employment benefits of bilingualism in the US labor market, countering past research that shows no such benefits exist.



Author: Rebecca M. Callahan
ISBN-10: 1783092416
ISBN-13: 9781783092413
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Language: English
Published: 10/03/2014
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.07lbs
Size: 9.35h x 6.20w x 0.64d
By Rebecca M. Callahan
By Rebecca M. Callahan
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Rebecca M. Callahan is Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas, Austin, where she is a faculty affiliate of the Population Research Center. Her primary research interests center on the academic preparation of bilingual immigrant adolescents as they transition from high school into young adulthood.Patricia C. G疣dara is Research Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at UCLA. She is co-director of the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA, and a commissioner on President Obama's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Her research focuses on language policy and racial equity.

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