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| Journal of Multilingual and… | 1 |
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Peer reviewedEdwards, John R. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1981
Illustrates some of the difficulties inherent in bilingual education, including inadequate appraisal of matters such as ethnicity, cultural pluralism, and language maintenance and shift. The paper suggests that bilingual education and its implications must be considered in the broadest possible sociocultural perspectives. (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Cultural Context, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnicity
