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Direct linkCha, Kijoo; Goldenberg, Claude – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
This study examined how emergent bilingual children's English and Spanish proficiencies moderated the relationships between Spanish and English input at home (bilingual home language input [BHLI]) and children's oral language skills in each language. The sample comprised over 1,400 Spanish-dominant kindergartners in California and Texas. BHLI was…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Family Environment, Spanish, Language Proficiency
Wright, Adrienne C. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Spanish-speaking parents choose to enroll their children in either an English only or English-Spanish dual immersion program when presented with both choices. This ethnographic study explored parent's perceptions of the purpose, advantages, and disadvantages of learning in school in English only or in a dual English-Spanish. Through focus group…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Acculturation
Peer reviewedPortes, Alejandro; Hao, Lingxin – Sociology of Education, 1998
Examines patterns of language adaptation by second-generation students in south Florida and southern California. Finds that among most immigrant nationalities, knowledge of and preference for English is nearly universal, that only a minority remain fluent in their parents' languages, and that there are wide variations among immigrants. (DSK)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedShannon, Sheila M. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1990
Reports two-year sociolinguistic study of English use by five immigrant children. Observational findings compare "substantial" and "minimal" English contacts by experienced children. Illustrates benefits and hindrances to English learning, and how contacts depend principally on children's English abilities. Discusses English…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Culture Contact, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Godson, Linda – Heritage Language Journal, 2004
This study investigates whether the age at which English becomes dominant for Western Armenian bilinguals in the United States affects their vowel production in Western Armenian. Participating in the study were ten Western-Armenian bilinguals who learned English before age 8, ten bilinguals who did not learn English until adulthood, and one…
Descriptors: Sentences, Language Dominance, Oral Reading, Vowels
Cornejo, Ricardo; Nadeau, Adel – 1978
This is the first in a series of papers on research, development, and training for bilingual/multicultural education. The first two sections of the paper describe Task Force findings specifying remedies available for eliminating past educational practices ruled unlawful under Lau v Nichols, particularly the section dealing with identification of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Court Litigation
