Language Acquisition and Gender for Limited-LanguageProficient Mexican Americans in a Maintenance Bilingual Program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6064249 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marcello Medina (University of Arizona), Kathy Escamilla (0000-0003-3647-4630, University of Colorado Denver) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 422-437 |
| Publication date | 1994-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0739-9863 • E-ISSN: 1552-6364 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/07399863940164003 |
| OpenAlex | W2070391278 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
The major purpose of this dual-focused study was to determine the long-term effect of a maintenance bilingual education (MBE) program (K-2) on the acquisition of English (L2) and/or Spanish (L1)forfour groups of native Spanish-speaking boys and girls with varying degrees of Spanish oral proficiency who were all limited English proficient (LEP). The first part of the study examined the acquisition of English oral language proficiency forfluent Spanish-speaking boys (n = 65) and girls (n = 46), as well asfor limited-Spanish-proficient boys (n = 102) and girls (n = 85). The second part further examined the limited-Spanish-proficient subjects by gender for their acquisition of English and Spanish. These two groups were the most-limited language proficient (boys n = 45, girls n = 32) and the very-limited language proficient (boys n = 60, girls n = 53) students. The most significant overall findings emerging from this study related to the additive effects that the MBE program fostered for boys' and girls' oral English and/or Spanish
Developmental psychology · First language · Language acquisition · Language proficiency · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Pedagogy · Second-language acquisition · Language Development and Disorders · Medicine · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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A Synthesis of Studies Examining Long-Term Language Minority Student Data on Academic Achievement
Bilingual Education and English Immersion
Nothing Matters
Evaluation of Transitional and Maintenance Bilingual Programs
Bilingual Education and Bilingual Special Education
Enriching Our Views of Bilingualism and Bilingual Education
Perspectives on Second-Language Development
English Acquisition by Fluent-and Limited-Spanish-Proficient Mexican Americans in a 3-Year Maintenance Bilingual Program
English and Spanish Acquisition by Limited-Language-Proficient Mexican Americans in a Three-Year Maintenance Bilingual Program
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |