Latin American Students and Language Learning in Catalonia: What does the Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis show us?

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ángel Huguet
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Cultural And Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Autonomous Communities ◽  
American Students ◽  
Latin American Students ◽  
Parallel Tests ◽  
Interdependence Hypothesis

AbstractThe massive arrival in Spain of students of immigrant origin has visibly altered the traditional configuration of schools, where ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity is becoming increasingly manifest. This situation is worth being mentioned insofar as it affects all the different autonomous communities in the country, even more clearly Catalonia, where the educational system is organized under the parameters of bilingual education. One of the theoretical constructs supporting this educational model is the Linguistic Interdependence Hypothesis, developed by Jim Cummins at the beginning of the 1980s. According to the author, whenever the instruction in a given language (Lx) takes place under certain conditions, competence acquired in this language can be transferred onto another (Ly). Bearing this theoretical construct in mind, our study focuses on a sample of 237 Spanish-speaking subjects (123 native and 114 immigrant students) who completed a series of parallel tests evaluating their skills in Catalan and Spanish. Drawing on the data analyzed we can conclude that the Hypothesis accounts for the results in both native and immigrant students with the same L1.

Student Political Activism in Guatemala: A Research Note

1971 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-88
Author(s):  
John H. Petersen
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Political Behavior ◽  
Student Activism ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Political Activism ◽  
Major Objective ◽  
American Students ◽  
Latin American Students ◽  
Politically Active

Scholarly interest in student political behavior has grown markedly in recent years. Among those who have done research and written on Latin American students a good deal of effort has gone into attempts to develop some generalizations about bases of student activism. A major objective of these efforts has been to try and explain why students become politically active and what differentiates the politically active from the inactive students. Several hypotheses have been advanced in this research attempting to explain high degrees of student political involvement by relating it to factors in the students’ backgrounds or environment. Some of the hypotheses which stand out in the literature have been selected for analysis here. They will be examined in relation to data gathered during recent research on university students in Guatemala.

Bilingualism and Second Language Learning

1992 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 50-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jim Cummins
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Refugee Resettlement ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Cultural And Linguistic Diversity ◽  
The Past ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Resettlement Programs

Interest in the phenomena of bilingualism and second language learning among both researchers and policy-makers has continued to grow during the past five years. The continued salience of these phenomena is due in part to the rapid growth in cultural and linguistic diversity in industrialized societies brought about by increased immigration and refugee resettlement programs. Policy-makers are naturally concerned to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of programs that teach the dominant societal language(s) to both children and adults.

scholarly journals Knowledge about Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya in Latin American students, 2016

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (71) ◽  
pp. 134-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.M. Rios-González ◽  
C. Díaz-Vélez
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
American Students ◽  
Latin American Students

Organization of American States

1957 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 568-571
Keyword(s):  
International Education ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The United States ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
American Council ◽  
Statistical Institute ◽  
American Students ◽  
Draft Convention ◽  
Latin American Students ◽  
American Union

The Council of the Organization of American State (OAS) took the following decision during the period September 8, 1955 to April 19, 1956: I) It concluded an agreement with the Inter-American Statistical Institute establishing a basis of cooperation in the promotion of basic progress in statistical work. 2) It commended the plans of the Cordell Hull Foundation for International Education to establish fellowships and provide assistance to Latin American students in educational institutions in the United States, and authorized the Pan American Union to offer to collaborate in the program. 3) It approved the distribution of four resolutions of the Inter-American Council of Jurists concerning the Inter-American Academy of Comparative and International Law, a draft convention on extradition, the consideration of amendments to the statutes of the Inter-American Council of Jurists, and reservations to multilateral treaties. 4) It noted with satisfaction the two agreements signed by Costa Rica and Nicaragua on January 9, 1956, and decided to transmit the texts of the documents to the member states.

Mexican Immigrant Students in Southern Wisconsin: Creating Dialogue Between Parents and Schools

2002 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
Margy McClain
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Immigrant Students ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mexican Immigrant ◽  
Cultural And Linguistic Diversity ◽  
The Face

Current immigration to the U. S. consists mostly of individuals from Latin America, Asia, and Africa, and brings new kinds of cultural and linguistic diversity to the U. S. The demographic transformation of the United States is already visible in such states as California, which has become a "majority minority" state. This "new immigration" is changing the face of the U. S. in new ways as well, not only in established urban "first ports of entry," but also in smaller towns and semi-rural areas throughout the country.

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