Teaching the chinese language to heritage versus non-heritage learners: Parents' perceptions of a community weekend school in the united states

Language, Culture and Curriculum

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-155

  Lawton, Bessie Lee ^a   Logio, Kim A ^b  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese community school; Chinese language; Heritage learner; Identity theory; Nonheritage learner; Qualitative interview; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 75249105708     PISSN: 07908318     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07908310903067610     Document Type: Article

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