Immigrants' Language Skills and Visa Category
Title | Immigrants' Language Skills and Visa Category PDF eBook |
Author | Barry R. Chiswick |
Publisher | |
Pages | 56 |
Release | 2002 |
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Language Skills and Immigrant Adjustment
Title | Language Skills and Immigrant Adjustment PDF eBook |
Author | Barry R. Chiswick |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2004 |
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Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement
Title | Public Policy and Immigrant Settlement PDF eBook |
Author | Deborah A. Cobb-Clark |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2006-08-29 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1781007551 |
The Entrepreneurial Culture highlights the subtle yet powerful influence of national cultural heritage on entrepreneurship ventures, using an alternative and fresh approach to explore the entrepreneurial culture of Chinese and Irish software firms. This book presents a unique analysis of entrepreneurship theory development, along with a single industry, cross-national study of entrepreneurship illustrating the impact of values from contrasting cultures.
Language Skills and Evidence
Title | Language Skills and Evidence PDF eBook |
Author | Hoyt Bleakley |
Publisher | |
Pages | 43 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Emigration and immigration |
ISBN |
Immigrants' Language Skills
Title | Immigrants' Language Skills PDF eBook |
Author | Barry R. Chiswick |
Publisher | |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 2002 |
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ISBN |
The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States
Title | The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Terrence Wiley |
Publisher | Multilingual Matters |
Pages | 325 |
Release | 2009-10-28 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1847693806 |
The Education of Language Minority Immigrants in the United States draws from quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to inform educational policy and practice. It is based on cutting-edge research and policy analyses from a number of well-known experts on immigrant language minority education in the USA. The collection includes contributions on the acquisition of English, language shift, the maintenance of heritage languages, prospects for long-term educational achievement, how family background, economic status, and gender and identity influence academic adjustment and achievement, challenges for appropriate language testing and placement, and examples of advocacy action research. It concludes with a thoughtful commentary aimed at broadening our understanding of the need to provide quality immigrant language minority education within the context of globalization. This collection will be of value to students and researchers interested in promoting educational equity and achievement for immigrant language minority students.
Balancing Interests
Title | Balancing Interests PDF eBook |
Author | Demetrios G. Papademetriou |
Publisher | |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN |
SCOTT (Copy 1): From the John Holmes Library Collection.