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The Role of Ethnic Religious Community Institutions in the Intergenerational Transmission of Korean among Immigrant Students in Montreal
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Park, Seong Man – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 2011
This paper explores the influence of Korean ethnic churches on the maintenance of heritage language (HL) and culture among Korean-Canadian students. The ethnographic and qualitative study on which it is based involved participant observation over a 4-month period, group discussions, interviews, and a questionnaire. Participants were 15 immigrant…
Descriptors: Religion, Ethnic Groups, Language Maintenance, Participant Observation
Reinvigorating Ethnic Cultural Identity Through Mother-Tongue-Teaching Materials in Taiwan.
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Chen, Su-chiao – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1996
Explores to what extent a mother-tongue educational program can reinvigorate Taiwan's ethnic cultural identity. Content of mother-tongue materials used in Taipei county for Taiwanese, Hakka, and Ataylic students is analyzed, and interviews with members from each ethnic group are also conducted as a supplement. (JL)
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Educational Policy, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
In Search of the Lost Tongue: Prospects for Mother Tongue Education in Zambia.
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Banda, Felix – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1996
Discusses problems associated with the implementation of mother tongue education in Zambia. Focus is on the sociolinguistic situation, language policy after independence, sociolinguistic implications, language use in different domains, language use and ethnic identity in Zambia, Kenya, and Tanzania, prospects for mother tongue education; bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Diachronic Linguistics, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups