Volume 9, Number 2, 2006

Aída Walqui

Scaffolding Instruction for English Language Learners: A Conceptual Framework.......159

Winnie W.M. Low and Dan Lu

Persistent Use of Mixed Code: An Exploration of Its Functions in Hong Kong Schools.......181

Diane Dagenais, Elaine Day and Kelleen Toohey

A Multilingual Child's Literacy Practices and Contrasting Identities in the Figured Worlds of French Immersion Classrooms.......205

Elba Alicia Herrero

Using Dominican Oral Literature and Discourse to Support Literacy Learning among Low-achieving Students from the Dominican Republic.......219

Alfred J. Matiki

Literacy, Ethnolinguistic Diversity and Transitional Bilingual Education in Malawi.......239

Valerie Miller Maloof, Donald L. Rubin and Ann Neville Miller

Cultural Competence and Identity in Cross-cultural Adaptation: The Role of a Vietnamese Heritage Language School.......255

Book reviews

Language Policy: Key Topics in Sociolinguistics.......274

Sociocultural Contexts of Language and Literacy.......278

Situational Context of Education: A Window into the World of Bilingual Learners.......281

The Language of Schooling: A Functional Linguistics Perspective.......283

Classroom Communication and Diversity: Enhancing Instructional Practice.......287

Trilingüismo en la enseñanza: actitudes hacia la lengua minoritaria, la mayoritaria y la extranjera.......291