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Download full textSpolsky, Bernard – 1971
The purpose of this study was to determine 6-year-old Navajo children's relative proficiency in Navaho and English upon entering school. A first study on this topic was done in 1969. In the present study, data were obtained for 3,653 of the 4,645 children who were 6 years old in 1970. This study used a teacher questionnaire which was checked for…
Descriptors: American Indians, Children, Citations (References), English (Second Language)
Spolsky, Bernard – 1971
Two centers of diffusion of the English language are (1) schools on the Navajo Reservation and (2) off-Reservation towns; these diffusion centers were studied to examine factors involved in language shift, especially in terms of internal (on-Reservation) and external (off-Reservation) contacts with English. Teachers in schools with Navajo pupils…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Children, Citations (References)
