"USA." . . "Aufsatzsammlung." . . "Hispanos." . . "Hispanos." . . "Zweisprachiger Unterricht." . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Becoming biliterate against the odds" . . . "Words were all we had : becoming biliterate against the odds" . . . "This 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]." . . . . . . .