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Peer reviewedPenalosa, 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
Download full textGoodell, Melissa, Ed.; Choi, Dong-Ik, Ed. – Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, 1996
This collection of papers by the graduate students and faculty in linguistics at the University of Kansas offers summaries of works in progress dealing with general linguistics and studies in Native American languages. General linguistics papers include: "Resetting Bounding Nodes in Acquiring Spanish" (Ramiro Cebreiros); "Syntax of…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cherokee, Higher Education, Japanese
Direct linkWard, Monica – ReCALL, 2004
This paper considers the additional uses of CALL in the Endangered Language (EL) context. It briefly reviews ELs and reports on CALL for ELs in general. It then reviews the extra uses of CALL for ELs; these include changing negative attitudes towards the language, arousing interest in the language and contributing to language maintenance and…
Descriptors: Language Maintenance, Literacy Education, Negative Attitudes, Foreign Countries
Ostler, Nicholas, Ed. – 1999
The theme of the third annual Foundation for Endangered Languages (FEL) Conference was Endangered Languages and Education, focusing on how education can be used to promote, resist, and reverse the decline of a language. The conference papers are broken into several sections covering the topic from a variety of aspects and perspectives.…
Descriptors: African Languages, Afro Asiatic Languages, Baltic Languages, Bilingual Education
