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Language Acquisition among Adult Immigrants in Canada: The Effect of Premigration Language Capital
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Adamuti-Trache, Maria – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2013
Gaining proficiency in the host country language is a key element to successful integration of new immigrants. In this article, the author adopts Bourdieu's perspective that accumulation and conversion of forms of capital is only possible through practice in a social field; therefore, the author puts forward the idea that language capital…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Language Proficiency