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Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Language Teachers; Bilingualism; Puerto Ricans; Heritage Education; Immersion Programs; Student Evaluation; Evaluation Methods; Language Proficiency; Educational Improvement; Second Language Instruction

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In this paper, I discuss current interest in educational reform in Puerto Rico, the need for better and more appropriate assessment tools, the growing realisation in the USA that two-way bilingual programmes can provide an effective vehicle for fostering the development of bilingual proficiency, bicultural competence and subject-matter knowledge for heritage language students; and the possible confluence and implications of these three threads of work for the education of Puerto Rican children who participate in the so-called "migrant stream" moving regularly between the island and the mainland. The paper concludes with the listing of a number of prospective research questions that might form the basis for a set of planned-variation studies to examine diverse factors associated with improving the quality of language teaching and learning in Puerto Rico. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract

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