The Native Language Hypothesis

• Instruction in home language

  • UNESCO (1953) The use of vernacular languages in education
  • Immersion Programs

    • Separate classrooms, natural context, teachers fully bilingual, middle class, high parental support
  • Submersion Programs

    • Mixed minotiry and majority students, pull-out, home language considered substandard.

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