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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED074859 AUTHOR: Brault, Gerard J.


TITLE: Ethnic Values and Language Learning.

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1972
JOURNAL: Bulletin-of-the-PSMLA; v51 n1 p12-15 F 1972
NOTE: 4 p.; Paper presented at the Fall 1971 conference of
the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association, St.
Francis College, Loretto, Pa.

ABSTRACT: 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)

KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Interrelationships; Cultural
Pluralism; Ethnic-Grouping; Native-Speakers;
Second-Language
Learning; Second-Languages
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Cultural-Influences; *Ethnic-Groups;
*Ethnic-Stereotypes; *Ethnology-; *Sociocultural-Patterns

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