{"product_id":"true-american-language-identity-and-the-education-of-immigrant-children-9780674046528","title":"True American: Language  Identity  and the Education of Immigrant Children","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow can schools meet the needs of an increasingly diverse population of newcomers? Do bilingual programs help children transition into American life  or do they keep them in a linguistic ghetto? Are immigrants who maintain their native language uninterested in being American  or are they committed to changing what it means to be American?  In this ambitious book  Rosemary Salomone uses the heated debate over how best to educate immigrant children as a way to explore what national identity means in an age of globalization  transnationalism  and dual citizenship. She demolishes popular mythsthat bilingualism impedes academic success  that English is under threat in contemporary America  that immigrants are reluctant to learn English  or that the ancestors of todays assimilated Americans had all to gain and nothing to lose in abandoning their family language.  She lucidly reveals the little-known legislative history of bilingual education  its dizzying range of meanings in different schools  districts  and states  and the difficulty in proving or disproving whether it worksor defining it as a legal right.  In eye-opening comparisons  Salomone suggests that the simultaneous spread of English and the push toward multilingualism in western Europe offer economic and political advantages from which the U.S. could learn. She argues eloquently that multilingualism can and should be part of a meaningful education and responsible national citizenship in a globalized world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647771303989,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674046528","price":41.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674046528.jpg?v=1781697155","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/true-american-language-identity-and-the-education-of-immigrant-children-9780674046528","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}