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Publication Date: 1996
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Success and Failure: Stories of ESL Students' Educational and Cultural Adjustment to High School.
Watt, David L. E.; And Others
Urban Education, v31 n2 p199-221 May 1996
Uses students' autobiographical narratives to refine current understanding of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students' educational and cultural adjustment to high school. Results from 40 former ESL high school students indicate a boom-and-bust pattern of cultural and educational adjustment common to both successful and unsuccessful ESL students. (GR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Cultural Interrelationships, Emotional Adjustment, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, High School Students, Limited English Speaking, Minority Group Children, Outcomes of Education, Personal Narratives, Secondary Education, Social Adjustment, Social Integration
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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