Electronic resource: BILINGUAL RESEARCH JOURNAL

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Dear Friends:
We are pleased to announce that the Bilingual Research Journal (BRJ) Volume
27, Number 3 has been posted and can be read online at  http://brj.asu.edu
<http://brj.asu.edu/>
BRJ is a blind-refereed journal dedicated to disseminating information and
inspiring discussion on topics related to bilingualism, bilingual education,
and language issues. The journal is available online OR a =
paper copy can be ordered for a fee from the National Association for
Bilingual Education (NABE) at http://www.nabe.org/
The BRJ is published by NABE and the Southwest Center for Education Equity
and Language Diversity at Arizona State University.
Here are the articles in this issue:
Breaking the Code: Colorado's Defeat of the Anti-Bilingual Education
Initiative (Amendment 31)
Kathy Escamilla, Sheila Shannon, Silvana Carlos, and Jorge Garcia
<http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol27_no3/art1.pdf>
Improving High School English Language Learners' Second Language Listening
Through Strategy Instruction
Karen A. Carrier
 <http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol27_no3/art2.pdf>
The Changing Paradigm of Special Education in Mexico: Voices From the Field
Todd Fletcher, Cynthia Klingler, Isabel Lopez Mariscal, and Carlos Dejud
 <http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol27_no3/art3.pdf>=20
The Use of High School Exit Examinations in Four Southwestern States
Paula Garcia
 <http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol27_no3/art4.pdf>=20
Effects of the Learning Together Model of Cooperative Learning on English as
a Foreign Language Reading Achievement, Academic Self-Esteem, and Feelings
of School Alienation
Ghazi Ghaith
 <http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol27_no3/art5.pdf>=20
Teacher Professional Development to Improve the Science and Literacy
Achievement of English Language Learners
Juliet E. Hart and Okhee Lee
 <http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol27_no3/art6.pdf>=20
Tapping a Valuable Source for Prospective ESOL Teachers: Northern Virginia's
Bilingual Paraeducator Career-Ladder School-University Partnership
Jorge P. Osterling and Keith Buchanan
 <http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol27_no3/art7.pdf>=2
Research in Practice
Stepping Out of the Conversation: Giving Students a Space to Co-Construct
Writing
Lucy K. Spence
 <http://brj.asu.edu/content/vol27_no3/art8.pdf>=20
Book Review
Continua of Biliteracy: An Ecological Framework for Educational Policy,
Research, and Practice in Multilingual Settings
By Nancy H. Hornberger
Reviewed by Elsie Szecsy
Ha Lam
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Bilingual Research Journal
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