TY - JOUR
T1 - Finding Diego
T2 - A bilingual student integrates school, language, and identity
AU - Danzak, Robin L.
AU - Wilkinson, Louise C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2017/1/2
Y1 - 2017/1/2
N2 - This article presents a mixed-methods case study of Diego, a bilingual teen who completed public school in Florida. During adolescence, Diego negotiated multiple identities: successful student, Mexican American, bilingual, and typical U.S. teenager. Diego provided interviews and bilingual (English/Spanish) writing (narrative/expository) in 2008 (at age 12, Grade 6) and in 2012 (at age 16, Grade 10). A qualitative analysis of his interviews and a quantitative linguistic analysis of his writing reveal central elements of Diego’s language development as related to academic English and identity. Educational implications for working with bilingual adolescents are discussed.
AB - This article presents a mixed-methods case study of Diego, a bilingual teen who completed public school in Florida. During adolescence, Diego negotiated multiple identities: successful student, Mexican American, bilingual, and typical U.S. teenager. Diego provided interviews and bilingual (English/Spanish) writing (narrative/expository) in 2008 (at age 12, Grade 6) and in 2012 (at age 16, Grade 10). A qualitative analysis of his interviews and a quantitative linguistic analysis of his writing reveal central elements of Diego’s language development as related to academic English and identity. Educational implications for working with bilingual adolescents are discussed.
KW - Adolescent
KW - English language learners
KW - Latino/a children and families
KW - biliteracy
KW - migration/transnationalism
KW - secondary
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U2 - 10.1080/15348431.2016.1179188
DO - 10.1080/15348431.2016.1179188
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84973094135
SN - 1534-8431
VL - 16
SP - 51
EP - 64
JO - Journal of Latinos and Education
JF - Journal of Latinos and Education
IS - 1
ER -