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Peer reviewedGarcia, Ricardo L.; Diaz, Carlos F. – Language and Education, 1992
Results of a sociolinguistic analysis of bilingualism indicated a statistically significant difference in the amounts of English and Spanish used in two contexts: formal and familial settings. The data suggest that Spanish-English bilingualism is at a crossroads: youths are bilingual by grade 12 but appear to be shifting toward English as their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingualism, English, English (Second Language)
Download full textGarcia, Ricardo L. – 1975
The possibility exists that another language resource, the Spanish language of the Mexican American, will be lost in the United States due to language ethnocentrism. Mexican American bilingualism is viewed as an intellectual handicap by public educators who do not understand the basic linguistic bias of instruments utilized to measure the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education
