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A Sociolinguistic Approach to Bilingual Education. The Measurement of Language Use and Attitudes Toward Language in School and Community, with Special Reference to the Mexican American Community of Redwood City, California.

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Cohen, Andrew D. – 1970

This paper attempts to place bilingual schooling in a sociolinguistic context by relating language use in school to language use in the community. The city treated here, Redwood City, California, has a growing Mexican American population and was one of the 23 California cities selected for bilingual schooling through Title VII; programs were…

Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Child Language

Researching the Linguistic Outcomes of Bilingual Programs.

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Cohen, Andrew D. – Bilingual Review, 1982

Reviews three linguistic studies from 1970s in light of approaches used in 1980s: (1) pretest-posttest analysis of spoken Spanish and English of Mexican American bilingual children; (2) assessment of Spanish grammar among Culver City Spanish Immersion pupils, and (3) effect of summer vacation on Spanish language retention among English speakers…

Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingualism, Elementary Education, English