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Peer reviewedConvery, Anne; And Others – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1997
Examines the perceptions of European teenagers living in Europe regarding that continent. The study focuses on their declared knowledge sources, attitudes towards a European identity and second language learning and future aspirations. The article discusses the role of schools, the media, and the home environment in shaping the perceptions of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Change Strategies, Ethnic Groups, Family Environment
Peer reviewedStein, Roberta F. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1990
Discusses the achievement gap of Mexican Americans and other groups in the United States as essentially a question of economics and, suggests that the solution lies in greater access to the wider society. (48 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Style, Mexican Americans
Peer reviewedSmolicz, J. J.; Hudson, D. M.; Secombe, M. J. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1998
Discusses "border crossing" by individuals who augment their cultural valence through acquiring competence in and positive attitudes toward other cultures. Reports on two studies carried out according to the principles of humanistic sociology and based on memoirs written by university graduates. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, English, English (Second Language)
Peer reviewedStrubell, Miquel; Chamberlain, Alan – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Discusses bilingual educational policies in Catalonia, where the official aim is to reverse a language shift in favor of Catalan. Chamberlain's response focuses on the decline of Catalan under Franco, similarities between some minority languages in Europe and the language situation in Brunei, and the role of the school and the media in language…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Change Strategies, Diachronic Linguistics, Educational Objectives
