Attitudes and Attained Proficiency in ESL: A Sociolinguistic Study of Mexican Americans in the Southwest.

Oller, John; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ162499

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Publication Date: 1977

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Attitudes and Attained Proficiency in ESL: A Sociolinguistic Study of Mexican Americans in the Southwest

Oller, John; And Others

TESOL Quarterly, 11, 2, 173-183, Jun 77

Mexican-American women studying in a vocational school in New Mexico were studied in order to investigate: (1) the relationship between attained proficiency in English and attitudes toward self and toward the native and target language groups; and (2) reasons for learning English and coming to the United States. (CFM)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Immigrants, Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency, Mexican Americans, Minority Groups, Second Language Learning, Self Concept, Sociolinguistics, Student Attitudes

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