Language, Gender, and Academic Performance : a Study of the Children of Dominican Immigrants.

Language, Gender, and Academic Performance : a Study of the Children of Dominican Immigrants.

Research has found immigrant youth perform better in school compared to their native-born peers. However, academic performance deteriorates with acculturation to US culture, whereas bilingualism has been associated with better performance in school. Peréa examined whether language acculturation cou...

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Main Author: Perea, Flavia C.
Other Authors: Pera, Flavia C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2011.
Series:New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Subjects:
Children of immigrants > Education > United States > Case studies.
Children of immigrants > United States > Language > Case studies.
Native language and education > United States > Case studies.
Education, Bilingual > United States > Case studies.
Sex differences in education > United States > Case studies.
Dominicans (Dominican Republic) > United States > Social conditions.
EDUCATION > Bilingual Education.
Children of immigrants > Education
Children of immigrants > Language
Dominicans (Dominican Republic) > Social conditions
Education, Bilingual
Native language and education
Sex differences in education
United States
Case studies
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