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Reception Classes for Immigrant Students in England.

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Leung, Constant – TESOL Quarterly, 2002

Addresses the question of how the education system responds to the needs of immigrant students on arrival in England. Discusses the English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) provision for ethnic and linguistic minorities in the mainstream education system. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Minority Groups

The Second Language: An Anthropological View

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Hannerz, Ulf – TESOL Quarterly, 1973

Paper presented at the 1972 TESOL Convention in Washington, D.C. (DD)

Descriptors: Acculturation, Anthropology, Cultural Differences, Dialects

Identity Formation for Mixed-Heritage Adults and Implications for Educators.

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Pao, Dana L.; Wong, Shelley D.; Teuben-Rowe, Sharon – TESOL Quarterly, 1997

This study sought to investigate the role that language and educators play in supporting positive identity development in mixed-heritage children, beginning as early as kindergarten. The multidimensional relationship between powerful social hierarchies and individuals also was studied. Focus group interviews were used as the primary investigative…

Descriptors: Adults, Cultural Pluralism, English (Second Language), Interviews

Attitudes and Attained Proficiency in ESL: A Sociolinguistic Study of Mexican Americans in the Southwest

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Oller, John; And Others – TESOL Quarterly, 1977

Mexican-American women studying in a vocational school in New Mexico were studied in order to investigate: (1) the relationship between attained proficiency in English and attitudes toward self and toward the native and target language groups; and (2) reasons for learning English and coming to the United States. (CFM)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Immigrants, Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency