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Direct linkToohey, Kelleen; Derwing, Tracey M. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2008
Data from ESL students' records in Vancouver are examined in the light of the BC Ministry of Education's claim that ESL high school students are more successful than students whose first language is English. We argue that the academic achievement of well-to-do students whose parents are skilled workers or entrepreneurs may mask the completion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, English (Second Language), Academic Achievement
