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EJ436469 PS518967
Title: When Learning a Second Language Means Losing the First.Author(s): Fillmore, Lily Wong
Source: Early Childhood Research Quarterly, v6 n3 p323-47 Sep 1991
Publication Date: 1991
ISSN: 0885-2006
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Research (143)
Journal Announcement: CIJAPR1992
Discusses
a nationwide study of language shift among language-minority children
in the United States. Immigrant and American Indian families were
surveyed to determine the effects of children's learning of English
in preschool on their family language patterns. Findings suggest
that primary language loss can be very costly to the children, their
families, and society. (Author/GLR)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education; Bilingualism; Cultural Differences;
English (Second Language); Family Characteristics; *Immigrants;
*Language Maintenance; *Language Proficiency; *Minority Group Children;
Parent Child Relationship; Preschool Children; Preschool Education;
School Policy; *Second Language Learning
Identifiers: *Language Shift; National Association for Bilingual
Education; *Primary Language
