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ERIC Number: EJ643747
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-4805
Learning the Chinese Language in a Multicultural Milieu: Factors Affecting Chinese-Canadian Adolescents' Ethnic Language School Experience.
Chow, Henry P. H.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v47 n4 p369-74 Win 2001
Surveys of 510 Chinese-Canadian adolescents attending 3 Chinese language schools in Calgary (Alberta) found that older immigrant children maintained or developed the native language better than younger ones, and limited teaching hours and insufficient reinforcement for using Chinese outside school hindered development of literacy in Chinese. (Contains 30 references.) (TD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Chinese, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Education, Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Language Maintenance, Native Language Instruction, Secondary Education, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Alberta; Chinese Canadians; Chinese Language Schools