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Peer reviewedTaft, Ronald; Cahill, Desmond – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1989
Study of native language maintenance of 10- and 11-year-old children of Lebanese immigrants in Australia found that most could speak but not read or write Lebanese. Lebanese competence depended on subjects' parents' literacy level and interest in language quality, and actual use reflected children's opportunities or necessity to speak Lebanese.…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Immigrants
