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Latino English Language Learner and the Mathematics Perspective

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Ma<strong>the</strong>matics Register<br />

☯ The language of ma<strong>the</strong>matics is not<br />

acquired effortlessly <strong>and</strong> naturally<br />

through social interaction, but ra<strong>the</strong>r<br />

learned <strong>and</strong> taught in school as a<br />

separate register <strong>and</strong> often as a<br />

consciously memorized vocabulary.<br />

☯ …ma<strong>the</strong>matical terms are not items<br />

of everyday language, even though<br />

ma<strong>the</strong>matical operations are part of<br />

our every day lives.<br />

Noemi Lopez-HCDE<br />

Ron, Pilar. “ Spanish-<strong>English</strong> <strong>Language</strong> Issues in <strong>the</strong> Ma<strong>the</strong>matics Classroom”, Changing <strong>the</strong> Faces 56<br />

of<br />

Ma<strong>the</strong>matics-<strong>Perspective</strong>s on <strong>Latino</strong>s. NCTM.1999

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