Vietnamese parent attitudes toward bilingual education

From: Bilingual Research Journal | Date: April 1, 1999| Author: Young, Russell L; Tran, MyLuong T | Copyright information

Abstract

One hundred and six Vietnamese parents were given a questionnaire to assess their attitudes toward bilingual education and its underlying principles. The majority of parents preferred that their children be enrolled in a classroom where Vietnamese was part of the curriculum regardless of English proficiency. Parents believed that bilingual education allows children to keep up in subject matter while acquiring English, that developing literacy in Vietnamese would facilitate th...

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