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Download full textCornwell, Steve; McKay, Tonia – 1999
A study investigated the utility of a measure for assessing the writing apprehension of Japanese students of English as a second language. The Daly-Miller questionnaire, designed to measure writing apprehension, was translated into Japanese and administered to 687 first- and second-year students of English at a Japanese junior college. Results…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High Schools, Higher Education
Dunn, Lloyd M. – 1988
A review of research on the cognitive, linguistic, and scholastic development of mainland Hispanic-American children paints a dismal overall picture. Hispanics are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, 11% of the population in 1986; about 75% have Mexican ancestry. Less than half of Latin adults speak English well enough for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism
