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Direct linkWright, Wayne E. – Heritage Language Journal, 2010
Cambodian Americans are a fairly recent language minority group in the United States; most families arrived in the United States as refugees during the 1980s. Over the past 30 years, there has been great concern in the community regarding the maintenance loss of their native Khmer language. This article provides an historical and contemporary…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Community Leaders, Language Skill Attrition, Language Maintenance
Wallitt, Roberta – Multicultural Perspectives, 2008
This article discusses one aspect of a research study that explored the school experiences of Cambodian American students. Due to their invisibility in the school setting and also in the literature on school reform, these children from refugee families are often overlooked as schools attempt to "close the achievement gap." Through their…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Cambodians, Dropout Rate, Academic Achievement
