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ERIC Number: EJ631511
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
English-Language Use among Chinese Adolescent Immigrants.
Chow, Henry P. H.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v47 n2 p191-95 Sum 2001
A survey of 368 immigrant Chinese high school students in Toronto found that English language use was positively related to father's education, prior experience in Canada, and cultural and personal reasons for emigration, and negatively related to residence in the downtown Toronto area and age at emigration. (Contains 26 references.) (SV)
Descriptors: Acculturation, English, Foreign Countries, High School Students, Immigrants, Language Usage, Socioeconomic Influences, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Chinese Canadians; Ontario (Toronto)