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| Modern Language Journal | 1 |
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Peer reviewedFishman, Joshua A. – Modern Language Journal, 1980
Examines the contributions of bilingual schools to minority language maintenance and stresses the inadvisability of relying on schools alone for this task. Uses the concepts of "primary and secondary reward systems" to argue that scholastic achievements cannot have any lasting impact without the sociopolitical and economic rewards of the primary…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Ethnicity, Language Maintenance
