About

Concepcion Valadez is a retired research professor at UCLA, with a focus on language education, bilingualism, literacy, curriculum design, testing, and linguistic minorities. She earned her Ph.D. in Education from Stanford University in 1976. Her work emphasizes the importance of understanding linguistic diversity and developing educational strategies that support linguistic minorities. Her contributions include research and expertise in the fields of language education and curriculum development, particularly in relation to bilingual and minority language communities.

Research topics

• Psychology
• Linguistics
• Pedagogy
• Mathematics education
• Sociology

Selected publications

• Language revitalization and the normalization of Basque: a study of teacher perceptions and expectations in the Basque Country

  Current Issues in Language Planning · 2014-09-09 · 13 citations

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  In the Basque Country, Northern Spain, Basque (Euskera) and Spanish are official languages. In recent decades, Basque language revitalization and the efforts to make this an unmarked language (normalization) have co-existed with the rapid increase in immigration from outside the Basque region, and most recently from outside Spain. Given the critical role of schools and teachers in the incorporation of newcomers, this study examines 201 teachers' and 96 education students' (pre-service teachers, university students who will be teachers. Informants were practicing teachers and future teachers.) perceptions of normalization and the new immigrants in the Basque Country. The issues addressed in this article are the following: (i) the rate of normalization (movement toward universal usage and high prestige across domains) of the Basque language; (ii) acquisition rates of Spanish and Basque languages by the children of new immigrants; and (iii) likely maintenance of the immigrant students' home language. Results indicate slow advancement toward normalization of the Basque language. Immigrant students are expected to obtain higher levels of fluency in Spanish and their home language than in the Basque language. Important differences in perceptions are found related to the linguistic profiles of the informants. Based on the findings, language policy recommendations are advanced. These recommendations might be applicable to the Basque region and wherever similar challenges and opportunities may be found.

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• Identity, Power and Writing Skills: The Case of the : Hispanic Bilingual Student

  2013-12-16

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• Paulo Freire meets the Internet in Los Angeles: Critical Basic Literacy Development and Latino Immigrants through online lessons

  Conference on Information Technology Education · 2012-01-01

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• An eCommununity of Learners: A model for preparing teacher mentors

  Conference on Information Technology Education · 2012-01-01

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• Fostering Candidate Spanish Language Development

  2011-01-04 · 17 citations

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• 9. Saving La Nena

  Teachers College Press eBooks · 2010-01-25

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• El profesor principiante en las aulas escolares en Estados Unidos: retos y posibilidades

  Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) · 2009-01-01 · 3 citations

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• Eucation systems and language policies in California and Paraguay: promoting or repressing bilingualism?

  Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) · 2005-01-01

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• Problemática do ensino bilingüe e a súa avaliación

  Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) · 2002-01-01

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• Lenguas minoritarias y lenguas minorizadas en Estados Unidos, con especial atención al castellano

  Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja) · 2002-01-01

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Frequent coauthors

• Amado M. Padilla

  Stanford University

  2 shared

• Halford H. Fairchild

  2 shared

• Clementina P. Gregoire

  2 shared

• John D. McNiel

  1 shared

• Feli Etxeberria

  University of the Basque Country

  1 shared

• Michael D. Guerrero

  Biocat

  1 shared

• Belinda Bustos Flores

  1 shared

• Xosé Cajide Val

  1 shared

Labs

• UCLA American Indian StudiesPI