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Perspectives of First-Generation Vietnamese Americans and Filipino/a Americans: Lack of Representation and the Model Minority Myth
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Ho, Canary H. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
In the late 19th century, Asians were seen as foreigners who were called the "yellow peril" by Americans because they were seen "as perpetual foreigners who threatened the U.S. economy, society, and nation" (Tzu-Chun Wu, 2017, p. 1). Eventually, the model minority myth was coined and referenced as "Asians comprise the…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Vietnamese People, Racism, Social Bias
Chúng Ta Cùng Nhau T?a Sáng: Cultivating the Visibility of Vietnamese English as a Second Language Learners in Adult Education
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Ashley A. Nguyen – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study aimed to address research gaps and disparities among adult Vietnamese English as a second language (ESL) learners in adult education due to the model minority myth and broad generalization of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) population. Despite their aspirations for an improved quality of life and integration into the U.S.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Adult Education
Language Use and Educational Attainment among Southeast Asian American Students: Implications for K-12 School Systems
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Linh Dang – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Scholars who study Southeast Asian American (SEAA) communities are in consensus that this group's realities diverge from their Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) counterparts. In fact, nearly four decades after large-scale immigration as political refugees from Southeast Asia (SEA), this population composed of Cambodians, Hmong, Laotians,…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Educational Attainment, Asian American Students, Correlation