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Oriyama, Kaya – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2011
What factors support linguistic minority children in developing and maintaining literacy in their heritage languages (HLs)? Very few quantitative studies have explored the role of sociocultural factors, especially in the development and maintenance of HL literacy. This paper addresses this gap by examining how the sociocultural context affects…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Language Maintenance, Foreign Countries, Literacy
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Stephens, Meredith – Babel, 2010
Due to the global momentum of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), Anglophones may perceive that there is less urgency for them to learn other languages than for speakers of other languages to learn English. The monolingual expectations of English speakers are evidenced not only in Anglophone countries but also abroad. This study reports on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Oral Language, Asian Culture, English