Language Acquisition and Gender for Limited-Language-Proficient Mexican Americans in a Maintenance Bilingual Program.

Medina, Marcello, Jr.; Escamilla, Kathy

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ERIC Number: EJ493730

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Publication Date: 1994

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Language Acquisition and Gender for Limited-Language-Proficient Mexican Americans in a Maintenance Bilingual Program.

Medina, Marcello, Jr.; Escamilla, Kathy

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v16 n4 p422-37 Nov 1994

The acquisition of English and Spanish was examined among 298 Mexican-American students who were limited-English-proficient at the start of kindergarten and who participated in maintenance bilingual programs in grades K-3. Oral proficiency in both languages increased for both boys and girls and across groups that had differed in early Spanish proficiency. (SV)

Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary School Students, English, Females, Language Acquisition, Language Proficiency, Males, Mexican American Education, Mexican Americans, Native Language Instruction, Primary Education, Program Evaluation, Second Language Learning, Spanish

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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