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Gándara, Patricia – Bilingual Research Journal, 2018
Given that bilingual education has been under assault for most of its modern existence in the United States, many bilingual educators have acquiesced to transitional bilingual education: the use of the primary language only until English is firmly established. While this placated some critics, the research now demonstrates that this is not in the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
de Jong, Ester J.; Li, Zhuo; Zafar, Aliya M.; Wu, Chiu-Hui – Bilingual Research Journal, 2016
In this article, we apply Ruiz's language-as-resource orientation to three international settings: Taiwan, Pakistan, and mainland China. Our guiding question was how different languages (indigenous languages, Chinese, and English) were positioned differently as resources in these contexts. For our analysis, we used Lo Bianco's (2001) elaboration…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Chinese
Paez, Mariela – Bilingual Research Journal, 2009
This article describes the language skills and factors that predict English-language proficiency for a sample of 209 students ages 10 to 16 from three immigrant groups--Chinese, Dominican, and Haitian. Sources of data included structured student interviews, parent interviews, and individual language assessments. On average, students'…
Descriptors: Scoring, Language Skills, Immigrants, English (Second Language)
Callahan, Rebecca M. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2008
This study explores the postsecondary pathways of Latino language-minority young adults in the United States. Using data from the Texas Higher Education Opportunity Project (THEOP) and controlling on background characteristics as well as high-school academic achievement, this study explores the social and linguistic integration of immigrant and…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Females, Males, Academic Achievement
Buxton, Cory A.; Lee, Okhee; Mahotiere, Margarette – Bilingual Research Journal, 2008
This study explores the role that language plays in the academic and social transition of Haitian children and parents to urban U.S. schools across multiple school settings, demographic groups, and languages. Semistructured individual interviews and focus groups were conducted with groups of 12 Haitian American teachers, 12 Haitian parents of…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Language Role, Haitians, Adjustment (to Environment)
Reyes, Iliana – Bilingual Research Journal, 2008
This study focuses on the characteristics of discourse between Latino immigrant children and their teacher during science instruction. Peer interaction was analyzed to identify the use and importance of the native language (L1) for the development of content knowledge during group collaboration. In addition, the interaction between teacher and…
Descriptors: Science Activities, Speech Communication, Language of Instruction, Second Language Learning
Lao, Christy – Bilingual Research Journal, 2004
This study surveyed 86 parents who enrolled their children in a Chinese-English bilingual preschool in San Francisco. The participants were asked their opinions on bilingual education, the reasons for sending their children to a Chinese-English bilingual school, their attitudes toward bilingual education, their use of Chinese and English, and…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Employment Opportunities, Bilingualism, Bilingual Education
Withers, Andrea C. – Bilingual Research Journal, 2004
The purpose of this research was to ascertain whether the Hmong language and culture were shifting or were being maintained within a generational cross-section of 12 Hmong participants in Merced, California. Data was collected in the form of interviews, questionnaires, Internet research, and library research. The results of the study showed that…
Descriptors: Sino Tibetan Languages, Hmong People, Immigrants, Cultural Maintenance