Ethnic Values and Language Learning.

Brault, Gerard J.

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Publication Date: 1972

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Ethnic Values and Language Learning.

Brault, Gerard J.

Bulletin of the PSMLA, v51 n1 p12-15 F 1972

Sociocultural implications of ethnicity are explored in this paper. Three main questions are discussed: (1) What is ethnic?, (2) Who wants to be ethnic?, and (3) Why be ethnic? The author notes that in 1960 the ethnic diversity of the U.S. population was such that some 185 foreign language newspapers, 1,660 radio programs broadcast in the foreign language, and 194 ethnic schools existed. (RL)

Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Grouping, Ethnic Groups, Ethnic Stereotypes, Ethnology, Native Speakers, Second Language Learning, Second Languages, Sociocultural Patterns

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Authoring Institution: Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association.

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Note: Paper presented at the Fall 1971 conference of the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association, St. Francis College, Loretto, Pa.