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Peer reviewedde Klerk, Vivian – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2000
Describes a survey in and around Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, which focused on the steady trickle of speakers of Xhosa into English-medium schools in the area. Examined the underlying reasons to send Xhosa children to these schools and the subsequent socio-psychological effects of the move on children. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Ethnicity, Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction
Direct linkKamper, Heidrun – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2004
Rather than originating in the post-1945 period, the Americanisation of the German language represents the post-war transformation of a gradual anglicisation of German which began in the 18th century with the expansion of English industry and trade. The influence of American English on German began after World War I, and intensified under the…
Descriptors: War, Foreign Countries, German, North American English
