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Ethnic Community Mother Tongue Schools in the U.S.A.: Dynamics and Distributions.

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Fishman, Joshua A. – International Migration Review, 1980

Research indicates that the number of ethnic community mother tongue schools may actually be increasing in the United States. These schools moderate and modulate ethnic uniqueness while channeling Americanness via the community's own institutions. (Author/GC)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Community Schools, Elementary Secondary Education

Literacy in Southern Africa.

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Bhola, H. S. – Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 1991

This review covers the status of languages and literacy in the countries of southern Africa, policies of literacy promotion, and the emerging symbioses among spoken languages and among literacies in mother tongues, national or official languages, and metropolitan languages. Five statistical tables are included. (66 references) (LB)

Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Definitions, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries