Publications

Publication details [#39741]

Wright, Wayne E. 2004. What English-only Really Means: A Study of the Implementation of California Language Policy with Cambodian-American Students. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 7 (1) : 1–23.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

identity negotiation | language of instruction | language policy | minority language | school

Language as a subject

English, American

Place, Publisher

Multilingual Matters

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This analysis of the application of English-only programmes in a Southern Californian urban school district with a large Cambodian-American student population, indicates that English-only instruction cannot fulfil the linguistic and cultural needs of English as a foreign language students.