Sentences with phrase «american ethnolinguistic»

Because they do not reflect the American ethnolinguistic communities, and are not led by them, the strict interpretation of what are understood to be separate dual - language competences only adds to the self - doubt of bilingual children and lack of confidence in their bilingualism.

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Contrary to popular opinion, American families with different ethnolinguistic backgrounds are interested in developing bilingual education programs for their children.

But school districts with mostly Latin @ and Native Americans educators and students, but also some with other ethnolinguistic communities, used their bilingual programs to serve families ---- some whose children were highly bilingual, others who were not.