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Direct linkBecker, Liza A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Adults who immigrate to the United States recognize the value of fluency in the dominant language as a bridge to social mobility in their new homeland. In California, many of them invest time and energy in noncredit English as a Second Language (ESL) programs offered within the community college system to gain communicative competence and enhance…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Social Mobility, Educational Background, Immigrants
