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Effects of Minority-Language Literacy on the Academic Achievement of Vietnamese Youths in New Orleans.

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Bankston, Carl L., III; Zhou, Min – Sociology of Education, 1995

Reports on a case study of the role of native-language literacy in the academic achievement of 387 Vietnamese high school students in New Orleans (Louisiana). Finds that literacy in Vietnamese is positively related to identification with the ethnic group and to academic achievement. (CFR)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingualism, Cultural Differences, Cultural Pluralism