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Direct linkKilbride, Kenise Murphy; Ali, Mehrunnisa Ahmad – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2010
Under headings such as finances, child care, cultural challenges, location, racism, teachers, and accents, 30 immigrant women speaking either Mandarin, Cantonese, Punjabi, or Urdu told their stories of arriving in Canada without English, and the obstacles they faced in trying to acquire English. While differing in their goals for learning English,…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Mandarin Chinese, Immigrants
