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Peer reviewedMorris, Nancy – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1996
Reviews the history of the language controversy in Puerto Rico from the United States takeover of the island in 1898 through the 1991 and 1993 language laws that eliminated and then restored English as an official language. The article emphasizes the shifting ways that language has served as a symbolic maker. (47 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes
Peer reviewedNelson, Gayle; Lutenbacher, Cindy; Lopez, Maria Elena – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2001
Investigated one area that may affect Mexicans' performance in American schools: cultural differences in appropriate school behavior. Interview data were collected from 40 students and 20 teachers in Mexico in Spanish by native Spanish speakers, and from 20 native English-speaking students, 20 Mexican English-as-a-Second-Language students, 20…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
