Publications

Publication details [#51523]

Ramirez, Manuel, Magdalenda Perez, Gladys Valdez and Brittany Hall. 2009. Assessing the long-term effects of an experimental bilingual-multicultural programme: implications for drop-out prevention, multicultural development and immigration policy. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 12 (1) : 47–59.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

academic world | bilingual acquisition | education | immigrant | multicultural education

Language as a subject

English, American | Spanish, Mexican

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This long-term analysis of Mexican-American bilingual-multicultural programme efficiency, confirms that two-way language maintenance programmes increase high school graduation rates, do not delay Americanisation, and are linked to long-term academic achievement. Bilingualism is perceived as an asset and immigration as a positive contribution to community.