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Fernandez, Sue; Clyne, Michael – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2007
There have been few Australian studies of language maintenance amongst immigrant languages from the Indian subcontinent. The present study focuses on Tamil speakers in Melbourne from Sri Lanka or India, who are Hindus or Christians. Tamil is a pluricentric language that has been under the domination of English in these countries, at least amongst…
Descriptors: Language Patterns, Language Maintenance, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
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Fordham, Paul – Language and Education, 1994
Language choice (LC) for literacy must consider mother tongue, language of first sight, local lingua francas, and any readily accessible world language. Common but false assumptions regarding LC are noted: multilingualism as a barrier to development, the necessity of a world language, and the permanance of language patterns. (Contains four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance, Language of Instruction, Language Patterns