1. An Analysis of Brokering Events in a Dual Immersion Classroom Setting Anne Marie Coyoca BMWA Author ’ s Conference UCSB

2. Literature Review Brokering/ Cultural Brokering Language Brokering Language Brokering in the classroom context Building from Olmedo ’ s (2003) study

3. Theoretical Framework and Methodology “ Communities of Practice ” and brokering (Lave & Wenger, 1998) Identity and investment (Norton Pierce, 1995) 50/50 Spanish/ English dual immersion school Data collected from field notes, observations of first and second grade

4. Findings Distributed Brokering Reciprocal Brokering Imposed Brokering Brokering as Expected Assistance

5. Discussion Description of Roles and Relationships Consequences on Identity and Investment

6. Conclusions and Questions How to better connect themes of brokering, communities of practice, roles and relationships and identity and investment. Clarify, simplify or cut out. Suggestions and constructive critiques are appreciated.