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Morris, Nancy – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Reviews the history of the language controversy in Puerto Rico from the United States takeover of the island in 1898 through the 1991 and 1993 language laws that eliminated and then restored English as an official language. The article emphasizes the shifting ways that language has served as a symbolic maker. (47 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes
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Lin, Jing – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Discusses the politics of bilingual education for minorities in China. The article notes that such education has been provided in some minority schools as a part of the government's policy to improve relationships with ethnic minorities in China. (24 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Design, Diachronic Linguistics, Elementary Secondary Education