ERIC Number: EJ885282
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Publication Date: 2010
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Immigration, Cultural-Linguistic Diversity, and Topics in Language Disorders
Cheng, Li-Rong Lilly
Topics in Language Disorders, v30 n1 p79-83 Jan-Mar 2010
This article summarizes 4 topics contributed by the author over the last 30 years of "Topics in Language Disorders" that address the issues of immigration, migration, and refugees. The focus is on the historical perspectives on evolution of terminologies from limited English proficient to English language learner and English as a new language. Further, the article summarizes discussions of accents, dialects and vernaculars, and topics beyond bilingualism.
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Immigration, Limited English Speaking, Vocabulary, English (Second Language), Pronunciation, Bilingualism, Migrants, Refugees, Immigrants
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