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50 Years of ERIC
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Language Immersion and Cultural Identity: Conflicting Influences and Values.
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Caldas, Stephen J.; Caron-Caldas, Suzanne – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1999
Examines developing cultural and linguistic identities of three French/English bilingual children reared in two linguistic cultures: American and Quebecois. Results indicate the adolescent boy, who speaks more English than French, identifies with his American peers, from whom he conceals his bilingualism. The twin girls, in a French-immersion…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Bilingualism, Case Studies, Children
Cultural Influences on French/English Language Dominance of Three Louisiana Children.
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Caldas, Stephen J.; Caron-Caldas, Suzanne – Language, Culture and Curriculum, 1997
Qualitative and quantitative research methods were used to identify the cultural factors that influence the usage of household French by three French/English bilingual children in Louisiana. Using 24 months of weekly tape recordings of spontaneous dinnertime conversation, a ratio of French to English utterances was calculated, and correlated with…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Cultural Traits, English