Social distance, motivation and other factors contributing to success in language acquisition and achievement among adolescent Mexican immigrants

Description

Adolescent immigrant English learners who enter U.S. schools at the secondary level are faced with challenges that distinguish their experience in second language acquisition from that of children and adults. Some of the challenges they face include limited time to acquire academic English proficiencey in reading and writing, difficulty in assimilating into English speaking American culture, and limited programs and services at the secondary level.

Links & Downloads

1. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2326
2. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3327&context=etd-project

Tags

Multicultural education

Bilingual Education

Language arts (Secondary)

Mexican American children

Rhetoric and Composition

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:csusb.edu/oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-3327
Date	01 January 2002
Creators	Muniz-Cornejo, Alice Yvette
Publisher	CSUSB ScholarWorks
Source Sets	California State University San Bernardino
Detected Language	English
Type	text
Format	application/pdf
Source	Theses Digitization Project