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Peer reviewedGoldstein, Tara – Sociology of Education, 2003
Reports on a ethnographic study that investigated how immigrant high school students used Cantonese and English to achieve academic and social success in a Canadian high school where English was the language of instruction. Argues that immigrant students found meaningful ways to acquire the cultural capital of the dominant society. (CAJ)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Students, Cantonese, Ethnography
