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Laitin, David D. – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1987
Examines "linguistic normalization" (of Catalan in the Catalonia region of Spain) from a game-theory perspective, in which strategic interaction determines language shift. The linguistic assimilation of non-Catalan-speaking immigrants is less of a problem than is currently believed, although the conflict of interest among the…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Dialects, Foreign Countries, Game Theory
Les "langues immigrees" face a l'ecole francaise (Immigrant Languages and the French School System).

Varro, Gabrielle – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1992
Attempts to analyze a situation that concerns a large fraction of the school population in France in four parts: the status of foreigners and their languages in France and the social representations surrounding them; government policy concerning foreign pupils and languages in public schools since 1970; volunteer association and mother tongue…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Immigrants, Language Acquisition

Waas, Margit – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1993
In a sociolinguistic study of nonpathological language loss, residents of German-speaking background who arrived in Australia between 1970 and 1981 were interviewed. Quantitative findings show an insignificant difference in favor of the second language, whereas qualitative feelings of competence in the first language had decreased. (Contains 27…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Foreign Countries, German, Immigrants

Penalosa, Fernando – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1986
The hispanicization of Mayan immigrants in Los Angeles is explored, focusing on the patterns of usage of Mayan, Spanish, and English among men, women, and children, and the trend toward Spanish-English bilingualism. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Immigrants, Language Maintenance, Language Proficiency

Schiffman, Harold – Language Problems and Language Planning, 1987
Studies the case of a religious group of German immigrants, whose German-American descendants attended German-language parochial schools but received secular instruction in English. Although the situation resulted in English-dominant children rather than the intended German-dominant bilinguals, recent sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)