| Description |
x, 461 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge language teaching library |
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Cambridge language teaching library.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Sandra Lee McKay and Sau-ling C. Wong -- Pt. I. Historical and contemporary overviews on English language learners in the United States. 1. The flowering of America: Linguistic diversity in the United States / Reynaldo F. Macias. 2. The American linguistic mosaic: Understanding language shift in the United States / Calvin Veltman -- Pt. II. New immigrants in the United States: History, language background, and community. 3. Bilingualism and language use among Mexican Americans / Guadalupe Valdes. 4. Puerto Ricans in the United States: Confronting the linguistic repercussions of colonialism / Ana Celia Zentella. 5. Speaking in Cuban: The language of Cuban Americans / Ricardo Otheguy, Ofelia Garcia and Ana Roca. 6. The linguistic of Central Americans / John M. Lipski. 7. English language learners of Vietnamese background / Chuong Hoang Chung. 8. The language situation of the Hmong, Khmer, and Laotian communities in the United States / M. G. Lopez |
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9. English language learners of Chinese background: A portrait of diversity / Sau-ling C. Wong and M. G. Lopez. 10. Korean Americans' language use / Pyong Gap Min. 11. The language situation of Filipina/os: Diversity and complexity / Joan May T. Cordova. 12. Soviet immigrants in the United States: Issues in adjustment / Eli Hinkel. 13. At home with English: Assimilation and adaptation of Asian Indians in the United States / Kamal K. Sridhar and S. N. Sridhar -- Pt. III. Investing in English language learners. 14. English language learners and educational investments / Sandra Lee McKay. 15. Legal investment in multilingualism / Rachel F. Moran. 16. Investment, acculturation, and language loss / Bonny Norton |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers.
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Immigrants -- United States -- Problems, exercises, etc.
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Readers -- Emigration and immigration.
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Readers -- Immigrants
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140040 -- Problems, exercises, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001553
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks.
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Problems and exercises.
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| Author |
McKay, Sandra.
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Wong, Sau-ling Cynthia.
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| LC no. |
99043715 |
| ISBN |
0521660874 |
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0521667984 paperback |
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