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Peer reviewedSaravanan, Vanithamani – Early Child Development and Care, 2001
Surveyed groups of Chinese, Malay and Tamil families, their use of community languages or mother tongue, and their speaking, reading, and writing proficiency. Found that when parents' community language proficiency in speaking is lower they tend to choose English as preferred language. Children's language confidence affected their language choice.…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, English (Second Language), Ethnicity
