Ethnic Values and Language Learning [electronic resource] / Gerard J. Brault.

Sociocultural implications of ethnicity are explored in this paper. Three main questions are discussed: (1) What is ethnic?, (2) Who wants to be ethnic?, and (3) Why be ethnic? The author notes that in 1960 the ethnic diversity of the U.S. population was such that some 185 foreign language newspaper...

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Main Author: Brault, Gerard J.
Corporate Author: Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1972.
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Summary:Sociocultural implications of ethnicity are explored in this paper. Three main questions are discussed: (1) What is ethnic?, (2) Who wants to be ethnic?, and (3) Why be ethnic? The author notes that in 1960 the ethnic diversity of the U.S. population was such that some 185 foreign language newspapers, 1,660 radio programs broadcast in the foreign language, and 194 ethnic schools existed. (RL)
Item Description:ERIC Document Number: ED074859.
ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Fall 1971 conference of the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association, St. Francis College, Loretto, Pa.
Physical Description:4 p.
Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note:Bulletin of the PSMLA, v51 n1 p12-15 F 1972.