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Language Acquisition and Gender for Limited-Language-Proficient Mexican Americans in a Maintenance Bilingual Program.
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Medina, Marcello, Jr.; Escamilla, Kathy – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1994
The acquisition of English and Spanish was examined among 298 Mexican-American students who were limited-English-proficient at the start of kindergarten and who participated in maintenance bilingual programs in grades K-3. Oral proficiency in both languages increased for both boys and girls and across groups that had differed in early Spanish…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary School Students, English, Females